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INDEX  OF  CONTENTS. 


I.    INDEX  OF  PRAYERS- 

Private  prayer  for  the  scholar,  page  17. 

First  offi,ce  for  opening  and  closing  the  nchool,  18-21^ 

Second  office  for  opening  and   closing  the   school^ 

21-24. 
Third  office  for  opening  ana  closing  tne  school,  25-35. 
Selections  for  Festival  Days,  36-39, 
A  Litany,''iO-4i. 
Prayers  for  meetings  of  Sunday  School  Teacher*^ 

45-48. 

II.    HMNOLOGICAL  INDEX  OF*SUBJECTS 

No.  of  Hyran. 

GOD  THE  FATHER,  5,  41,  62,  132,  152. 
GOD  THE  SON. 

His  Incarnation,  1-4,  8-19,  23.  24,  32. 

J'-sns,  the  Samour,  36,  38,  40,  50.  72,  96,  161.  177. 

His  sufferings  and  death,  79-84,  139,  144,  1*60,  176. 

His  resurrection,  86-93,  99,  104,  105. 

His  ascension,  106.  107,  170. 

His  coming  to  Judgment.  6.  178,  181,  182. 

His  Prophetic  office,  143,  162.  164,  165. 

His  Priestly  office,  26.  74.  172. 

His  Kingly  office,  3.  37.  43,  46,  76,  91. 
GOD  THE  HOLY  GHOST.  108-111.  150,  153,  166. 
GOD  THE  HOLY  TRINITY,  11,3-115. 
THE  CHURCH.  46-49,  125-127,  174. 

The  communion  of  saints,  151,  166. 

The  forgiveness  of  sins,  7,  71. 

The  resurrection  of  the  body,  85. 

Tht  Life  everlasting,  179-186,  124,  175. 

(iii) 


rr  INDEX     OF    CONTENTS. 

THE  CHRISTIAN  LIFE. 

Hi/mns  of  self-dedication,  120,  137. 

Hymns  of  penitence,  53-56,  61-65,  68. 

Hymns  of  faith,  20,  51,  66,  67,  71,  128-130,  134 

135,  142,  169. 
Hymns  of  love,  21,22,68,59,94.101,103,117,11?. 
Hymns  of  joy  and  praise,  11,  42,  77,  98,  112,  121, 

158.  168. 
Hymns  of  longing,  45,  57,  95,  97,  100,   116,    119, 

122,  123,  136, 138, 140,  143,  154,  155,  167,  171. 
Hymns  of  peace  and  rest,  25,  38,  60,  69,70,  73,  75, 

102,  141,  173. 
BPECIAL  OCCASIONS. 
Baptism,  27,  28,  147-149. 
Confirmation,  189-191,  146. 
Lord's  shipper,  187,  188. 
Lord's  day,  208-211. 
Evening  Hymns,  192-198. 
Morning  Hymns,  199-202. 
New  Year,  29,  30,  133. 
3fi^sions,  33—35. 
National  Hymns,  203-207. 
Opening  and  closing,  212-216. 
Doxologies,  296-299. 


III.    INDEX  OF  CHANT8 

No.  of  Chant. 
Oloria  in  ExceUis,  1. 
The  Lord's  Prayer,  2. 
Benedictus,  5. 
Te  Denm,  21. 
Magnificat,  14. 
Miserere  mei  Deus,  25. 
Come  to  me,  28. 
Nearer,  my  God,  to  Thee,  34. 
The  Child  and  the  Angels,  35. 


INTRODUCTORY    PREFACE. 


Here  is  a  Hymn-Book  designed  for  the  use  of 
children  and  youth.  We  can  find  no  fault  if  our 
Preface  shall  be  regarded  in  the  light  of  an  apology, 
as  it  will  necessarily  take  that  form,  and  is,  in  fact, 
so  intended.  That  we  should  publish  a  new  Hymn- 
Book  for  the  young,  in  full  view  of  the  large  collec- 
tion of  this  class  of  books  now  lying  before  us,  might 
easily  be  regarded  afl  immodest  and  presumptuous. 
We  accordingly  proceed  to  justify  ourselves. 

The  subject  of  Hymnology,  during  late  years,  baa 
attracted  new  and  increased  attention.  This  is  the 
result  of  a  newly  awakened  and  growing  interest  in 
the  true  nature  of  Christian  worship. 

It  has  been  more  clearly  seen,  and  more  deeply 
felt,  that  worship  does  not  consist  in  mere  sentiment, 
lelf-awakened  and  vaguely  exercised  by  subjecti^e 
endeavor?,  b'it  in  a  steady  surrender  and  oftering  of 
our  whole  being  to  the  Triune  God;  that  true  wor- 
ship is  not  "  will-worship",  but  a  worship  cnlled  forth 
by  a  gracious  power  exerted  upon  our  faith  by  the 
trne  objects  of  Christian  worship  and  love — God  the 
Father,  Jesus  Christ  the  Son,  the  Holy  Ghost  the 
Comforter;  by  the  great  facts  of  redemption,  the 
Birth,  Sufferings,  Death,  Besurrection,  Ascension, 
Intercession,  and  E-eigning  of  Jesus  Christ ;  by  th« 


VI  INTRODUCTORY    PREFACE. 

Person  and  work  of  the  Holy  Ghost;  and  by  tlia 
Church,  with  its  holy  sacraments  and  motherly  nur- 
ture. As  the  genial  heavens  above,  and  the  gladden- 
ing earth  around,  call  forth  the  odor  of  flowers  and 
the  songs  of  birds,  so  does  this  glorious  firmament 
of  divine  facts,  acts,  sacraments,  ordinances,  and 
gracious  suijcrnatural  powers,  over  and  around  us  in 
the  Church,  evoke  from  faith  the  true  form  and  spirit 
of  worship.  The  earth  is  bright,  warm,  and  wakeful 
when  it  is  shone  upon;  in  like  manner  is  the  heart 
lively  with  the  spirit  of  worship,  when  the  divine 
and  heavenly,  as  revealed  in  Christ  and  still  present 
in  the  Church,  are  thus  also  made  present  to  the 
consciousness  of  faith.  To  be  apprehended  by  these, 
and  to  apprehend  them  in  turn  and  yield  to  their 
power,  is  to  have  the  true  position  and  spirit  of  a 
worshipper. 

A  re-discussion  of  the  subject  of  Christian  worship 
has  led  to  a  new  interest  in  it,  in  all  its  elements  and 
relations.  This  begins,  of  course,  with  the  inward 
and  central  —  as  the  person  and  work  of  Christ  and 
the  Spirit,  the  nature  of  the  Church,  the  sacraments 
and  ordinances;  but  by  a  logical  necessity  it  must 
extend  also  to  matters  comparatively  outward,  ?uch 
as  Christian  Architecture,  Church  Music,  Liturgies, 
and  Hymn-Books. 

Accordingly,  a  number  of  new  Hymn-Books  have 
/ately  appeared  among  various  denominations.  Not 
mere  collections,  and  still  less  larger  collections,  have 
been  desired :  rather  collections  much  smaller,  if 
need  bo,  but  made  with  a  deeper  knowledge  of  what 
constitutes  the  true  nature  of  a  hymn  suitable  for 
use  in  public  worship  —  looking  less  to  number  and 
variety,  and  more  to  quality. 

It  begins  to  be  felt  that  a  correct  hymnological 
taste  and  criticism,  based  on  a  right  conception  of 
true  Christian  worship,  must  exclude  from  public  use 
in  worship  all  compositions  that  belong  j^'evailiuyly 
tc  the  following  classes: 


INTRODUCTORY     PREFA.CE.  V\\ 

1.  Mere  doctrinal  statements  of  truth,  however  cor. 
rect.     This  belongs  to  catechism  and  confession. 

2.  Poetrj'  directly  didactic.  This  belongs  to  the  pul- 
pit, and  catechetical  or  Bible  class. 

3.  Hymns  in  praise  of  virtues,  graces,  acts  of  wor- 
ship,  the  Sabbath,  Sunday-schools,  the  Bible.  We 
can  no  more  worship  these  than  we  can  worshij. 
relics. 

4.  Mere  descriptions  of  religious  experiences,  feel- 
ings, and  emotions.  These  are  to  be  awakened 
by  worshipping  God,  not  by  singing  of  them,  or 
to  them. 

5.  Sentimental  Hymns.  These  have  their  proper 
place  in  other  circles  of  social  life. 

6.  Descriptions  of  sins,  and  classes  of  sinners.  This 
belongs  to  the  sermon. 

7.  Hymns  addressed  to  sinners  with  the  view  of 
alarming,  instructing,  or  exhorting  them.  This  also 
belongs  to  the  sermon. 

8.  Hymns  expressive  of  morbid  feelings  of  despond 
ency,  discouragements,  and  "sorrow  of  the  world". 
This  is  not  penitence,  neither  does  it  produce  it, 
but  is  a  sinful  feeding  of  unbelief. 

9.  Hymns  telling  what  we  have  done,  are  doing,  o? 
intend  to  do.  This  falls  into  the  sphere  of  prc)- 
fession  and  confession,  and  belongs  to  another 
place. 

10.  Hymns  of  self-examination.  Turning  the  thoughrs 
on  one's-self  is  not  worship,  but  only  a  preparation 
for  it  The  helps  to  self-examination  are  to  be 
found  in  manuals  of  devotion,  and  their  use  belongs 
to  the  retirement  of  the  closet. 

!1  Hymns  so  directly  and  formally  referring  to,  and 
descriptive  of,  special  occasions,  as  to  turn  the 
mind  more  to  the  occasion  than  to  the  object  of 
worship.  This  is  the  defect  in  the  largest  nupiber 
of  hymns  intended  for  anniversaries,  national  holi- 
days, meetings  of  reform  societies,  and  occasional 
celebrations  of  various  kinds. 


nil  INTRODUCTORY     PREFACE. 

Other  tests  of  the  true  hymn  might  be  given  j  but 
let  any  one  take  only  these,  and  honestly  classify 
under  them  the  contents  of  our  Hymn-Books,  and 
he  will  be  surprised  to  find  how  small  a  number  is 
left.  Indeed,  this  is  virtually  done  by  those  whose 
duty  it  is  to  select  hymns  in  assemblies  for  public 
worship.  To  test  this,  let  a  pastor  or  sunday-schoo' 
superintendent  mark  all  the  hymns  which  he  usea 
during  any  one  year,  and  he  will  find,  at  the  end  of 
the  year,  that  not  one  hundred,  perhaps  not  fifty,  are 
marked  as  having  been  used.  He  will  discover  that 
the  same  hymn  has  been  sung  many  times;  and  that 
an  unconscious  criticism,  an  instinct  of  good  piims 
taste,  has  silently  ignored  the  large  mass  contained 
in  the  book,  as  not  adapted  to  the  purposes  of  public 
worship.  Yet  this  vast  amount  of  mere  poetry — it  is 
<  ften  not  even  that  —  is  carried  along  in  our  Hymn- 
liooks,  the  closing  one  being  numbered  liiOB.  or  even 
ufiwards  still!  We  much  doubt  whether  300  hymns, 
worthy  of  that  name,  and  truly  adapted  to  the  uses 
of  public  worship,  can  be  found  in  the  English  or 
any  other  language  on  earth.  Sure  we  are  that  the 
pious  taste  of  Chrii^tians  generally  does  not  in  truth 
recognize  anything  like  that  number  by  feeling  itself 
truly  at  home  in  the  devotional  use  of  them. 

In  our  Hymn-^joks  for  children  and  youth,  the 
tests  of  the  true  hymn  which  we  have  pointed  out 
are  even  still  more  disregarded.  Under  the  erro- 
neous idea  that  by  such  means  a  more  practical  in- 
fluence will  be  exerted,  the  didactic,  hortatcry,  bio- 
graphical, and  eulogistic  prevail  in  these  collections. 
All  manner  of  lessons  are  taught,  all  manner  of  mo- 
tives are  presented  to  the  mind  of  the  child  ;  for- 
getting altogether  that  in  the  spirit  of  a  child,  as  also 
in  the  devotional  spirit  of  the  adult  Christian,  the 
heart,  and  not  the  mind,  prevails.  The  ruling  idea 
in  these  collections  seems  to  be,  to  secure  what  ia 
regarded  as  adaptntion  —  not,  however,  adaptatioa 
of  ihe  hymn  to  the  true  idea  of  the  worship  of  God, 


INTRODUCTORY     PREFACE.  IX 

but  adaptation  of  the  hymn  to  the  child.  The  hymn 
ia  to  do  something  to  the  child,  —  instruct  it,  warn 
it;  in  short,  in  its  influence  and  use  to  terminate  oa 
the  child,  rather  than  to  be  the  help  and  channel  of 
its  devotions  to  be  oflFered  to  God. 

The  same  mistaken  zeal  for  practical  adaptation  ia 
also  responsible  for  the  fact  that  so  large  a  number 
of  hymns  for  children  are  child/V/i.  instead  of  child- 
like.  True  piety  is  childlike.  Hymns  that  express 
faith,  hope,  love,  —  directing  the  whole  heart  ani 
mind  toward  the  great  atonement  and  mediation  of 
Christ, — when  clothed  in  simple,  chaste,  and  tasteful 
language,  are  much  better  adapted  to  the  childlike 
than  any  puerile  attempts  to  address  the  mind  of  the 
child  by  the  use  of  words  and  phrases  in  which  tho 
sublime  is  so  easily  made  ridiculous,  and  the  solemn 
ludicrous. 

Hymns  for  children  are  never  adapted  to  their 
true  needs  when  they  are  such  as  they  must  outgrow. 
The  true  hymn  for  a  child  must  be  in  spirit  and  con- 
tents as  suitable  to  the  future  adult  as  to  the  present 
child.  The  childish  it  will  outgrow,  but  the  child- 
like it  will  never  leave  behind.  The  associations  of 
childhood  with  the  hymn  give  a  savor  and  a  power 
to  it  for  after-life  which  it  can  have  in  no  other  way. 
^'^by  give  children  hymns  to  be  interwoven  with 
their  memories  which  in  later  life  they  must  regard 
in  the  same  light  as  they  then  do  their  toys  —  the 
mere  fossils  of  a  period  forever  left  behind?  The 
hymns  which  they  learn  to  love  in  childhood  ought 
til  be  the  same  as  those  which  shall  best  express  their 
devotions  amid  the  buoyancy  of  youth,  the  earnest- 
ness of  middle  life,  and  the  decline  of  old  age. 

There  is  such  a  thing  as  the  heart  of  a  child  ap- 
prehending, or  being  apprehended,  by  a  hymn  which 
its  mind  may  not  fully  comprehend ;  like  as  a  seed 
finds  the  soil  adapted  to  all  its  infant  needs,  even 
though  it  has  not  yet  tested,  and  cannot  now  appro- 
priate, all  the  powers  that  lie  in  that  same  soil  for 


Z  INTRODUCTORY     PREFACE. 

its  use.  We  are  fully  convinced  that  those  are  the 
best  hymns  for  children  which  have  the  highest 
unction  of  devotion  and  least  of  puerile  adaptation 
to  the  mere  intellect  of  the  child;  and  that  it  is  by 
no  means  necessary  that  hymns,  to  be  suitable  to 
their  wants,  should  be  on  a  level  with  their  own  un- 
derstandings. Were  this  necessary,  could  we  rt-gard 
the  Lord's  Prayer,  the  Apostles'  Creed,  the  lieca- 
logue,  as  adapted  to  children,  and  could  it  be  re* 
garded  proper  to  induce  them  to  commit  these  to 
memory  early  in  life  ?  Is  not  the  Bible  itself,  the 
very  best  book  for  children,  full  of  mysteries  and 
truths  that  lie  fairly  beyond  their  early  capacities? 
Moreover,  does  not  observation  teach  us  a  lesson  on 
the  point  in  hand?  Let  it  be  noticed  whether  chil- 
dren of  from  eight  to  twelve  years  old  are  not  more 
fond  of  those  classic  hymns  which  are  not  only  far 
removed,  in  their  contents,  spirit,  and  language  from 
the  simplicity  of  nursery  rhymes,  but  which  are  even 
lofty  in  their  style,  and  full  of  that  sublime  adora- 
tion awakened  by  the  deepest  mysteries  of  faith. 
Spiritually,  even  as  naturally,  children  love  the  sub- 
lime, and  stand  gazing  entranced  into  a  flood  of 
glory,  without  ever  asking  themselves  whether  they 
understand  it.  The  impression  made  lies  in  the 
heart,  as  the  seed  in  the  soil,  to  be  revealed  iu  due 
time. 

St.  Paul  mentions  three  kinds  of  sacred  composi- 
tions as  suitable  for  devotional  use — Psalms,  Hymns, 
and  Spiritual  Songs.     (Eph.  v.  19;  Col.  iii.  16.') 

•  This  last  passacje,  taken  as  it  stands  in  our  tran.«latioii, 
would  seem  to  desiguate  mutual  tejvcliiuf;  and  admonition 
as  the  proper  purposes  of  Psalms,  Hymns,  and  Spiritual 
Songs.  A  different  punctuation  of  the  Greeks  gives  the 
passage  another  senpe.  Conybeare  and  Ilowson.  mi  the 
"  Life  and  Epistles  of  St.  Paul,"  adopting  the  punctuation 
of  Tishenddrf,  render  the  passage  thus:  '•  Lft  tl.e  word  of 
Christ  dwell  in  you  richly ;  teach  and  admonish  one  another 
in  all  wi.«lotn.  Let  your  singing  be  of  psalms,  and  hymnx, 
uml  spiritual  songs,  sung  in  tlianksgiving,  with  your  htart, 


IXTRODUCTORY     PREFACE.  XI 

1.  Psalms  are  compositions  which  celebrate  Divine 
acts,  and  sacred  events,  connected  with  the  gracious 
dealings  of  God  witL  His  people.  They  are  objective 
in  their  character;  and  when  they  sometimes  express 
a  subjective  pious  sense,  it  is  only  as  this  is  awakened 
and  called  forth  by  a  grateful  review  of  such  acts 
and  events. 

2.  Hymns  grow  out  of  the  subjective  Christian 
eousciousness.  If  psalms  celebrate  what  God  ha« 
done,  and  is  doing,  and  promises  to  do,  for  His  church, 
liymns  express  what  the  Church  feels  in  consequence 
of  such  merciful  love.  But  while  hymns  are  thus 
subjective  in  their  character,  it  is  not  the  subjectivity 
of  the  individual  to  which  they  give  expression,  but 
the  subjective  consciousness  of  the  universal  Church. 
In  the  hymn,  Herdar  has  correctly  said,  '-must  sound 
the  language  of  an  universal  confession  of  one  heart 
and  faith."  The  general  consciousness  of  the  Church, 
by  a  sovereign  law  of  its  own  catholic  life,  deter- 
mines the  true  hymn,  rejecting  all  that  speak  not  its 
universal  language,  as  the  plastic  life  of  the  plant 
refuses  what  is  not  suited  to  its  nature.   Hymns  which 


unto  God."  In  their  comments  on  the  corresponding  pas- 
PHge,  Eph.  v.  19,  where  a  similar  punctuation  is  followed, 
the  mo.^t  satisfactory  reasons  for  this  rendering:,  ba^ed  on 
the  context  and  scope,  are  siven.  On  Col.  iii.  16.  Pr.  Clark 
say.«:  "'Through  bad  pointing,  this  verse  is  not  very  intel- 
ligible; the  several  members  of  it  should  be  distinguished 
thus:  Let  the  doctrine  of  Christ  dwell  richly  among  you; 
teaching  and  admonishing  each  other  in  all  wisdom  ;  singing, 
with  grace  in  your  hearts,  unto  the  Lord,  in  psalms,  hymns, 
and  spiritual  songs.  This  arrangement  the  orisrinal  will 
not  only  hear;  but  it  absolutely  requires  it."  Thus,  nei- 
tnfT  of  these  passasres  bear  any  witness  against  the  te.sts 
Df  thi!  true  hymn  which  we  have  pre.sented.  But  without 
-esorting  to  this  rendering  of  the  passage  in  hand,  it  may 
be  remarked  that  Christians  may  mutually  teach  and  ad- 
monish one  another  by  the  use  of  a  hymn  that  is  neither 
directly  didactic  nor  hortatory,  even  as  they  may  by  devoutly 
offering  together  the  Lord's  Prayer,  which  is  wholly  deTO 
Uonal,  and  only  indirectly  didactic  and  hortatory. 


XU  INTRODUCTORY     PREFACE. 

belong  to  this  class  take  their  places  naturally  and 
filently  in  the  bosom  of  Christian  love,  and  go  on  in 
their  pious  mission  from  land  to  land,  and  from  ago 
to  age.  gathering  a  richer  savor  by  time,  and  are 
loved  the  more  because  loved  by  so  many  and  loved 
eo  long. 

3.  Spiritual  songs  express  the  subjective  feelEgs 
of  the  individual.  They  are  the  humming?  of  the 
heart  in  its  own  personal  exercises,  agreeably  to  its 
own  peculiar  tastes,  and  in  its  own  hours  of  medita- 
tive devotiej.  They  express  privately,  and  for  the 
individual  Christian's  edification,  what  cannot  bo 
presumed  to  be  general  in  a  pulalic  service  of  the 
Church.  If  suitable  beyond  individual  use,  it  is  only 
in  small,  familiar,  confidential  Christian  circles,  where 
the  mutuality  of  feeling  may  be  surely  known. 

Hymns  of  this  last  class,  though  not  strictly  adapted 
to  use  in  public  worship,  have  their  appropriate  place 
in  a  Hymn-Book  ;  and  a  due  proportion  of  them  will 
accordingly  be  found  in  this  collection. 

We  have  too  high  a  sense  of  the  greatness  of  the 
task  to  think  of  claiming  perfection  for  our  work;  we 
wish  only  to  say  that  we  have  endeavored  to  avoid 
the  faults  which  we  have  freely  and  in  all  honesty 
pointed  out.  How  far  the  general  judgment  of  the 
Church  will  coincide  with  our  own  is  to  be  tested. 
We  have  been  particular  herein  to  advertise  the 
reader  of  the  fact,  that  in  regard  to  the  matters  re- 
ferred to,  this  Hymn-Book  for  children  and  youth 
difi"er8  essentially  from  those  now  in  common  use. 
If  this  were  not  so,  no  other  consideration  could  have 
induced  us  to  add  another  to  the  large  number  already 
at  hand. 

We  have  admitted  a  few  hymns  which  would  not 
endure  the  strict  application  to  them  of  our  tests,  on 
account  of  merits  of  another  sort,  which  may  at  least 
allow  their  introduction.  We  have,  on  the  other 
band,  omitted  many  more  which  a  judgment  not 
Wsed   on   the   principles   of  Uymnology   we  hava 


INTRODUCTORF    PREFACE.  XIU 

Bought  herein  to  justify,  would  have  admitted  as  first 
in  rank  in  their  adaptation  to  the  young.  Watts'a 
beautiful  Cradle  Hymn  we  have  introduced  for  pri- 
vate use  in  the  family. 

We  have  introduced  a  number  of  psalms  and  lofty 
byrans  of  the  church  arranged  as  chants  and  set  to 
fiiusic.  We  will  give  the  reason.  Children  love 
chants  whenever  they  are  taught  to  sing  them.  They 
aCFord  room  for  the  free,  lively,  wild  warblings  of 
childhood;  and  yet  they  maintain  the  dignity  and 
solemnity  that  belongs  to  divine  worship.  Whoever 
has  had  much  to  do  with  the  instruction  of  children, 
knows  how  prone  they  are  to  flag  in  the  grave  me- 
trical tunes,  and  how  fondly  they  snatch  up  the  giil- 
lopy  glee  tunes  adapted — sometimes  adopted — from 
the  common  convivial  and  sentimental  song  airs, 
and  the  wild  chorus  tunes  used  in  fanatical  excite- 
ments. There  is,  in  children,  a  love  for  tunes  of 
free  and  lively  movement  —  they  want  the  chant; 
and  if  this  is  not  furnished  them,  they  will  catch 
up  those  frivolous  airs  just  referred  to.  When  the 
chant  is  offered  they  love  it;  and  when  learned  they 
need  never  unlearn  it;  since  the  chant,  as  it  is  admi- 
rably suited  to  the  free,  joyous  simplicity  of  chil- 
dren's tastes,  so  also  is  it  adequate  to  give  expres- 
eion  to  the  loftiest  and  sublimest  worship  to  which 
the  ripest  tastes  of  adult  age  can  attain.  We  have 
ourselves  proved  by  experience  what  we  here  assert; 
and  any  one  wh  ->  will  only  introduce  chanting  among 
children  will  soon  assure  himself  in  like  manner  of 
its  adaptedness  to  their  tastes  and  needs. 

Though  the  music  of  the  chants  is  placed  at  their 
head,  yet  perhaps  the  best  way  to  familiarize  a  school 
with  the  tune  is  to  copy  it  on  a  black-board,  where 
the  notes  may  be  pointed  to,  while  practising,  in  full 
view  of  all.  In  this  way  any  favorite  piece  of  music, 
not  contained  in  this  book,  can  easily  be  made  fami- 
liar in  a  school.  The  psalms  and  hymns  are  all  sung 
to  the  music  under  which  they  are  respectively  placec^. 


XIY  INTRODUCTORF     PREFACE. 

For  the  tunes,  as  well  as  for  the  division  of  the  wordt 
under  the  chants,  we  are  greatly  indebted  to  that 
exeellent  work,  the  "Cantate  Domino,"  by  Dr.  Lewis 
H.  Steiner  and  Prof.  Henry  Schwing,  of  Baltimore, 
Md.  We  also  received  valuable  assistance  in  thi« 
part  of  our  work  from  T.  D.  Fisher,  A.  M.,  of  Leba- 
non, and  Miss  Mary  Krause,  of  Norristown,  Pa. 

The  need  of  suitable  oflBces  of  devotion  for  opening 
and  closing  schools  has  been  felt  by  many.  We  have 
furnished  several.  The  third,  requiring  an  active  part 
to  be  taken  by  the  school,  will,  we  hope,  meet  the 
wants  of  schools  where  such  service  is  preferred. 
The  other  simpler  forms  may  be  used  where  the 
school  is  expected  to  take  only  a  silent  part  in  the 
devotional  exercises.  It  will  be  seen  that  any  oi: 
these  offices  may  be  used  in  week-day  schools  of  all 
grades,  which  are  opened  and  closed  with  devotional 
services,  by  a  few  verbal  adaptations  which  are  in- 
dicated by  words  in  parenthesis. 

The  arrangementofthehymnological  part  according 
to  the  order  of  the  Church-Year,  will  be  no  inconve- 
nience to  those  who  do  not  follow  this  order  in  their 
services;  whileitwillbeof  great  value  to  those  who  do. 
The  Psalm  indicated  at  the  head  of  each  Sunday  has 
been  selected  for  its  adaptation  to  the  spirit  of  the  day 
and  season  in  the  Church-Year  ;  it  may  in  any  case  be 
read  as  a  devotional  part  of  the  opening  service.  In 
pchools  where  no  reference  is  had  to  the  order  of  the 
Church-Year,  any  other  portion  of  Scripture,  if  it  be 
preferred,  may  be  read  in  its  place,  and  also  substi- 
tuted for  the  Gospel  and  Epistle  for  the  day.  The 
Collect,  or  short  Prayer,  is  introduced  that  it  may  be 
conveniently  used  in  schools  where  the  order  of  the 
Church-Year  is  followed,  and  also  with  the  hope  that 
children  may  be  induced  to  commit  one  of  them  to 
memory  every  week,  and  thus  store  their  memories 
with  the  language  of  prayer.  It  is  proper  to  say 
that  the  introduction  of  this  feature  of  tlie  book  was 
suggested  by  a  venerable  German  Hymn-Book  of 


INTRODUCTORY     PREFACE.  X^ 

the  German  Reformed  Church,  published  at  Marburg 
in  the  year  1745.  In  that  book,  however,  the  Gos- 
pels and  Epistles  for  the  whole  year,  as  well  as  the 
Collects,  are  printed  out  at  length,  which  we  did  nut 
regard  necessary,  as  the  Bible  from  which  to  read 
them  is  always  at  hand;  and  hence  we  have  saved 
space  by  merely  indicating  where  they  may  be  found. 
To  the  favor  and  blessing  of  the  great  and  good 
Shepherd  of  Israel,  this  well-meant  effort  to  sirve 
the  lambs  of  the  flock,  is  humbly  and  devoutly  colb» 
mended. 

&r.  John's  Church,  Lebanok,  Pa. 
Aufft6ii  19,  1861. 


A  PRIVATE  PRAYER  FOR  THE  SCHOLAR. 

When  you  have  taken  your  seat  in  tlio 
class,  and  before  the  opening  service  begins, 
offer  up  devoutly  this  prayer  : 

Almighty  God,  Heavenly  Father,  help 
me  by  Thy  Holy  Spirit  to  worship  Thee. 
Grant  me  grace,  as  from  the  lips  of  my 
teacher,  to  learn  of  Thee.  Reveal  Thy 
Holy  Gospel  to  me.  By  Thy  Holy  Spirit 
enlighten  and  instruct  me  in  the  knowledge 
of  God  and  divine  things.  Strengthen  and 
confirm  me  in  true  piety.  Unite  me  more 
closely  to  Thyself  and  Thy  flock.  Deliver 
me  from  all  evil,  and  dwell  in  me  by  Thy 
grace.  Bless  my  Teacher,  and  all  who  ai'e 
here  present;  and  prepare  us  all  to  live  ia 
Thy  love,  that  we  may  die  in  Thy  peace, 
and  be  numbered  with  Thy  saints  in  glory 
everlasting :  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord, 
to  whom  with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,, 
one  God,  be  honor  and  glory,  world  with-» 
out  end.     Amen. 

2  (17) 


OFFICES    OF    DEVOTION. 


FIRST    SERVICE. 

Meet  us,  0  Lord,  in  all  our  doings  with 
Thy  most  gracious  favor,  and  further  us  with 
Thy  continual  help;  that  in  all  our  works, 
begun,  continued,  and  ended  in  Thee,  we 
may  glorify  Thy  holy  name,  and  finally,  by 
Thy  mercy,  attain  everlasting  life:  through 
Tesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 

Merciful  God,  we  make  our  humble 
intercessions  before  Thee  in  behalf  of  these 
children  (youth),  that  as  they  have  been 
admitted  by  baptism  into  Thy  covenant  of 
grace,  they  may  be  more  and  more  renewe<l 
by  Thy  Holy  Spirit,  under  the  watchful 
care  and  tender  nurture  of  Thy  church, 
Amen. 

Grant  that  they,  receiving  with  al) 
readiness  of  mind  the  lessons  of  Thy  word, 
may  be  brought  to  the  full  knowledge  of 
Thy   grace^   and    to    true   faith   in    Jesus 

n8\ 


FIRST     SERTiCE.  19 

Christ.  Cause  all  sinful  affections  to  die 
in  them,  and  all  things  belonging  to  the 
Spirit  to  live  and  grow  in  them.  Give 
them  strength  to  gain  the  victory  over  the 
devil,  the  world,  and  the  flesh.  Defend 
them  against  temptation  and  every  snare. 
Let  Thy  fatherly  hand  be  ever  over  them, 
to  supply  their  wants  for  this  life ;  and  let 
Thy  Holy  Spirit  guide  their  feet  in  the 
way  of  Thy  commandments.  Make  them 
living  members  of  Thy  Holy  Church,  and 
heirs  through  hope  of  Thine  e^'erlasting 
kingdom,  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 
Amen. 

0  MERCIFUL  God,  we  ask  Thy  blessing 
upon  all  Thy  servants,  to  whom  Thou  hast 
committed  the  work  of  teaching  the  young  ; 
guide  us,  0  Thou  good  Shepherd  of  the 
sheep,  that  we  may  be  able  to  guide  the 
lambs  of  Thy  flock  in  the  way  of  life  •  and 
give  us  Thy  continual  grace,  that  we  may 
persevere  in  the  good  work  which  we  have 
undertaken ;  that,  having  gone  forth  bear- 
ing precious  seed,  we  may  return  with  joy 
bringing  our  sheaves  with  us.  We  ask  all 
these  mercies  in  the  name  and  for  the  sake 
of  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord,  to  whom,  with 
the  Father  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  all 
honor  and  glory,  world  without  end.   Amen. 


20  OFFICES     OF     DEVOTION. 

THE    CLOSING    OF    THE    SCHOOL. 

0  Lord  Jesus,  gracious  Shepherd  of  Ts* 
rael,  tenderly  regard  these  children  (youth), 
the  lambs  of  Thy  fold.  Carry  them  in  thy 
bosom  ;  cause  them  to  know  Thy  voice,  to 
obey  Thy  will,  and  to  follow  Thy  steps. 
Be  with  them  at  all  times,  and  in  all  places. 
Give  them  what  Thy  wisdom  knoweth  to 
be  for  their  good,  nor  withhold  from  them 
that  blessing  which  maketh  rich  and  addeth 
no  sorrow.  Teach  them  to  know  Thee,  the 
only  hope  and  Saviour  of  sinners.  Help 
them  to  receive  with  meekness  the  en- 
grafted AVord  which  is  able  to  save  their 
souls  3  and,  walking  in  the  way  of  right- 
eousness, may  they  grow  in  grace  as  mem- 
bers of  Thy  Church  on  earth,  while  they 
live;  and  when  they  die,  may  they  be  re- 
ceived into  Thy  fold  in  heaven,  there  to 
praise  Thee,  with  the  Father  and  the  Holy 
(>host,  even  one  God,  world  without  end. 
Amen. 

Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven,  etc 


SECOND    SERVICE.  21 


SECOND   SERVICE. 

After  a  Psalm  or  Hymn  has  been  sung,  the  Leader 
shall  read  the  Psalm,  for  the  day,  or  the  Gosfel 
and  Epistle  for  the  day,  or  both.  In  place  of 
these  he  may  select  a  Lesson  from  (he  Scriptures. 
Then  he  shall  first  offer  the  Collect  for  the  day^ 
continuing  as  follows: 

Almighty  and  most  merciful  God,  our 
Heavenly  Father,  we  confess  that  we  have 
greatly  offended  against  Thee,  not  only  by 
evil  words  and  deeds,  but  also  by  sinful 
thoughts  and  desires.  But,  0  Lord,  we 
heartily  repent  of  our  sins ;  we  condemn 
ourselves  and  flee  to  the  cross  of  Thy  dear 
Son ;  for  His  sake  have  mercy  upon  us. 
Deliver  us  from  the  guilt  and  power  of  sin. 
Create  in  us  a  clean  heart,  0  God,  and  re- 
new  a  right  spirit  within  us.  Take  not  Thy 
Holy  Spirit  from  us.  Restore  unto  us  the 
joy  of  Thy  salvation,  that,  with  cheerful 
hearts,  we  may  serve  Thee  in  holiness  and 
righteousness  all  the  days  of  our  life, 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 

Almighty  God,  whose  Blessed  Son 
humbly  sat  among  the  children  in  the  Tem- 
ple, seeking  instruction  from  the  Jewish 
doctors,  mercifully  grant  that   we,   taking 


22  OFFICES     OF     DEVOTION. 

Him  as  our  Example,  may  reverently  listen 
to  those  whom  Thou  hast  appointed  to  teach 
us,  and  may  have  grace  to  improve  our 
talents  to  Thy  honor  and  glory,  through 
the  same  Thy  Son  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord 
Amen. 

We  beseech  Thee,  0  Lord,  open  Thy 
holy  heavens,  that  Thy  gifts  may  descend 
to  us  all.  Open  our  eyes,  that  our  hearts 
may  look  back  to  Thee.  Visit  this  nursery 
of  Thine  own  planting  with  the  refreshing 
dews  of  Thy  grace.  Strengthen  the  weak, 
relieve  the  contrite,  confirm  the  strong. 
Build  us  up  in  love;  cleanse  us  by  the 
Spirit  of  purit}';  enlighten  us  with  true 
wisdom,  and  mercifully  sustain  us  by  Thy 
grace.     Amen. 

Lord  Jesus,  Good  Shepherd,  who  didst 
lay  down  Thy  life  for  the  sheep,  defend  the 
fvurchase  of  Thy  Blood.  Feed  the  hungry, 
give  drink  to  the  thirsty,  seek  for  the  los^, 
bring  back  the  wandering,  and  bind  up  that 
which  is  broken.     Amen. 

Put  forth  Thine  own  hand  from  heaven, 
and  touch  the  heart  of  each  one  here.  Let 
us  share  the  power  and  grace  of  Thy  pre- 
sence, and  receive  the  joy  of  Thy  Holy 
Spirit,  that  we  may  abide  under  Thy  bless- 
ing.    Amen. 


SECOND     SER7ICE.  23 

Prosper  us,  0  Lord,  in  the  learning  of" 
Thy  Holy  WiL;  graft  in  our  hearts  the 
love  of  Thy  name;  increase  in  us  true 
piety;  nourish  us  with  all  goodness:  and 
of  Thy  great  mercy  keep  us  in  union  with 
Thee,  and  in  fellowship  with  all  Thy  saints 
unto  everlasting  life  :  through  Jesus  Christ 
our  Lord.     Amen. 


THE    CLOSING    OF   THE    SCHOOL. 

Almighty  God,  our  Heavenly  Father, 
who  alone  giveth  the  increase,  and  whose 
blessing  maketh  truly  rich;  regard  with 
favor,. we  beseech  Thee,  the  worship  and 
service  of  Thy  servants,  and  establish  upon 
us  the  work  of  our  hands  for  Thy  praise 
Bestow  upon  these  children  (youth)  the 
grace  and  blessing  of  Thy  Holy  Spirit,  that 
they,  being  trained  in  the  nurture  and  ad- 
monition of  the  Lord,  may  choose  and  love 
Thy  holy  way,  and  nevermore  depart  from 
it.  After  the  example  of  our  Blessed  Sa- 
viour, may  they  wax  strong  in  spirit,  in- 
crease in  wisdom,  and  in  favor  with  G-od 
and  man.  By  Thy  saving  power  defend 
them  against  temptation,  and  deliver  them 
from  evil ;  so  that,  when  Thou  makest  up 
Thy  jewels  ir  Thy  glorious  kingdom,  they 


24  OFFICES    OF     DEVOTION. 

may  all  be  there,  and  all  be  Thine:  through 
the  merits  and  mediation  of  Jesus  Christ 
our  Lord.     Ajueii. 

To  Thy  care  and  keeping  we  commit 
ourselves,  for  Thou  hast  redeemed  us,  0 
Lord  God  of  truth.  Let  Thy  mercy  be 
upon  us,  as  our  trust  is  in  Thee.  Protected 
by  the  Love  of  the  Father,  sustained  and 
furthered  by  the  Grace  of  the  Son,  quick- 
ened and  comforted  by  the  Communion  of 
the  Holy  Ghost,  grant,  0  Lord  our  God, 
that  we  may  live  in  Thy  fear,  die  in  Thy 
peace,  rest  in  hope,  and  attain  to  the  resui- 
HiCtion  of  the  saints.     Amen. 

Our  Father   who  art  in  heaven,  eto. 


THiRDSER7ICE.  25 


THIRD    SERVICE. 

The  school  rising,  the  Leader  shall  begiyi  with  otu 
of  the  following  introductory  sentences: 

T. 

Our  help  is  in  the  name  of  the  Lord, 
who  made  heaven  and  earth. 
R.  Amen. 


II. 

As  the  heart  panteth  after  the  water- 
brooks,  so  panteth  my  soul  after  Thee,  O 
God. 

R.  My  soul  thirsteth  for  God,  for  the 
living  God. 

III. 

0  Lord,  open  Thou  my  lips. 
R.  And  my  mouth  shall  show  forth  TJy 
praise. 

IV. 
God  be  merciful  unto  us,  and  bless  us ; 
R.  And  cause  His  face  to  shine  upon  us. 

V. 

Let  the  words  of  my  mouth,  and  the 
meditation  of  my  heart,  be  acceptable  in 


26  OFFICES    OF    DETOTION. 

Thy  sight,  0  Lord,  my  strength,  and  my 
Hedeemer. 
R.  Amen. 

VI 

I  will  wash  my  hands  in  innocency ; 
R.   So  will  I  compass  Thine  altar,   0 
Lord. 

VII. 

The  Lord  is  in  His  holy  temple : 
it.  Let  all  the  earth  keep  silence  before 
Him. 

Let  us  pray. 

Almighty  God,  our  Heavenly  Father, 
who  art  the  Help  of  those  that  flee  unto 
Thee;  we  confess  that  we  have  greatly 
oflfended  against  Thee,  not  only  by  evil 
words  and  deeds,  but  also  by  sinful  thoughts 
and  desires ;  cleanse  us,  we  besee<3h  Thee, 
from  our  sins,  secret  and  open.  Let  Thy 
favor  be  present  with  us,  that  with  a  firm 
faith,  a  calm  hope,  and  a  peaceful  love,  we 
may  bring  our  worship  before  Thee.  JBy 
Thy  Holy  Spirit,  enkindle  within  us  holy 
and  heaveiily  desires,  that  we  may  both  ask 
such  things  as  shall  please  Thee,  and  also 
obtain  what  we  ask  :  through  the  glorious 
merits  and  mediation  of  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord,  to  whom  with  Thee  and  the  Holy 


THIRD     SERVICE.  27 

Gbost  be  honor  and  glory,  world  without 
ffld. 

H.  Amen. 

Then  all,  still  standing,  shall  join  audibly  in  repeaU 
ing  the  Creed: 

T  believe  in  God  the  Father  Almighty, 
Maker  of  heaven  and  earth  : 

And  in  Jesus  Christ  His  only  begotten 
Son  our  Lord ;  who  was  conceived  by  the 
Holy  Ghost,  born  of  the  Virgin  Mary;  suf- 
fered under  Pontius  Pilate,  was  crucified, 
dead,  and  buried;  He  descended  into  hades; 
the  third  day  He  rose  from  the  dead ;  He 
ascended  into  heaven,  and  sitteth  at  the 
right  hand  of  God  the  Father  Almighty; 
from  thence  He  shall  come  to  judge  the 
quick  and  the  dead. 

I  believe  in  the  Holy  Ghost ;  the  holy 
Catholic  Church;  the  Communion  of  saints; 
the  forgiveness  of  sins;  the  resurrection  of 
the  body,  and  the  life  everlasting.     Amen 

Lord,  we  believe. 

R.  Help  Thou,  0  Lord,  our  unbelief! 

Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

R.  The  Lord's  name  be  praised  ! 

Then  shall  the  whole  school  sing  the  Angelic  Hymn 
{p.  300),  the  Te  Deum  {p.  322),  or  any  suitable 
Psalm  or  Hymn. 

The  children  being  seated,  the  Leader  shell  rea/i  tht 


28  OFFICES    OF    LEVOTION. 

Psalm  for  the  day,  or  the  Gospel  and  Epistle  fof 

the  day,  or  hath.      If  it  be  preferred,  any  other 

selection  of  Scripture  may  be  read. 
Then,  the  school  rising,  the  Leader  shall  proceed, 

usiny   any   one  of  the  following  selections,'^  the 

school  responding : 

\_0n  the  festival  days  the  selections  for  those  occa- 
tions  {see  pp.  36-  39)  shall  take  the  place  of  thse. 
The  one  for  Advent  may  be  used  during  the  four 
Sundays  in  Advent;  the  one  for  Christmas,  the 
Sunday  after  Christmas  ;  the  one  for  Epiphany,  on 
all  the  Epiphany  Sundays ;  the  one  for  Easter,  on 
the  three  Sundays  after  Easter;  and  the  one  for 
Ascension  day,  on  the  Sunday  after  the  Ascension.'] 


For  ever,  0  Lord,  Thy  word  is  settled  in 
heaven. 

E.  The  entrance  of  Thy  word  giveth 
light. 

The  Law  of  the  Lord  is  perfect, 

B.   Converting  the  soul. 

The  testimony  of  the  Lord  is  sure, 

7?.  Making  wise  the  simple. 

1  As  there  are  seven  introductory  sentences, 
80  there  are  here  seven  selections.  It  will  be 
easier  for  the  school  to  follow  the  service,  if  it  is 
understood  that  whatever  number  of  the  Sen- 
tences has  been  used,  the  corresponding  number 
in  these  Selections  will  always  be  used  in  the 
same  service.  This  mode  will  also  regularly  vary 
these  parts  of  the  service. 


THIRD     SERriCE.  29 

The  statutes  of  the  Lord  are  right, 

R.  Kejoicing  the  heart. 

The  commandment  of  the  Lord  is  pure, 

R.  Enlightening  the  eyes. 

Wherewith  shall  a  young  man  cleanse 
Iiis  way  ? 

E.  By  taking  heed  thereto  according  to 
Thy  word. 

n. 

Thy  word  is  a  lamp  unto  my  feet, 

R    And  a  light  unto  my  path. 

I  will  delight  myself  in  Thy  statutes : 

R.  I  will  not  forget  Thy  word. 

The  word  of  the  Lord  is  quick  and 
powerful. 

R.  A  discerner  of  the  thoughts  and  in- 
tents of  the  heart. 

Let  the  word  of  Christ  dwell  in  you 
richly. 

R.  In  all  wisdom. 

III. 

Sanctify  them  through  Thy  truth : 

R.  Thy  word  is  truth. 

All  flesh  is  as  grass, 

R.  And  all  the  glory  of  man  as  the 
flower  of  grass. 

The  grass  withereth,  and  the  flower 
thereof  fadeth  away : 


30  OFFICES     OF     CEYOTION". 

R.  Bat  the  word  of  the  Lord  enduretn 
for  ever. 

Heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  away : 
R.  But  my  word  shall  not  pass  away. 

IV. 

I  will  lift  up  mine  eyes  unto  the  hilli?, 
from  whence  cometh  my  help. 

R.  My  help  cometh  from  the  Lord,  which 
made  heaven  and  earth. 

He  will  not  suffer  thy  foot  to  be  moved  : 
He  that  keepeth  thee  will  not  slumber. 

R.  Behold,  He  that  keepeth  Israel  shall 
neither  slumber  nor  sleep. 

The  Lord  is  thy  keeper :  the  Lord  is  the 
shade  upon  thy  right  hand. 

R.  The  sun  shall  not  smite  thee  by  day, 
nor  the  moon  by  night. 

The  Lord  shall  preserve  thee  from  all 
evil :  He  shall  preserve  thy  soul. 

R.  The  Lord  shall  preserve  thy  goiiisJ 
out  and  thy  coming  in- from  this  time  forth, 
and  even  for  evermore. 


Blessed  are  the  poor  in  spirit : 

R.  For  theirs  is  the  kingdom  of  God. 

Blessed  are  they  that  mourn  : 

R.  For  they  shall  be  comforted. 

Blessed  are  the  meek  : 


THIRD     SERVICE.  31 

R.  For  tliey  shall  inherit  the  earth. 

Blessed  are  they  which  do  hunger  and 
thirst  after  ris^hteousness : 

R.  For  they  shall  be  filkd. 

Blessed  are  the  merciful : 

R.   For  they  shall  obtain  mercy. 

Blessed  are  the  pure  in  heart : 

R.   For  they  shall  see  God. 

Blessed  are  the  peace-makers  : 

R.  For  they  shall  be  called  the  children 
of  God. 

Blessed  are  they  which  are  persecuted 
for  righteousness'  sake  : 

R.  For  theirs  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

VI. 

Prkise  ye  the  Lord.  Praise,  0  ye  ser- 
vants of  the  Lordj  praise  the  name  of  the 
Lord. 

R.  Blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord 
from  this  time  forth,  and  for  evermore 

From  the  rising  of  the  sun  unto  Ihf 
going  down  of  the  same, 

R.  The  Lord's  name  is  to  be  praised. 

The  Lord  is  high  above  all  nations, 

R.   And  His  glory  above  the  heavens. 

He  humbleth  Himself  to  behold  the 
things  that  are  in  heaven,  and  in  the 
earth. 

R.  Praise  ye  the  Lord. 


iJ2  OFFICES     OF     DEVOTION. 

VII. 

The  Lord  is  nigh  unto  tbem  that  ^al) 
upon  Him  : 

R.  To  all  that  call  upon  Ilim  in  truth. 

How  precious  are  Thy  thoughts  unto  me, 
O  God  ! 

R.  How  great  is  the  sum  of  them  I 

IJ'  I  should  count  them,  they  are  more 
hi  number  than  the  sand ; 

/t    When  I  awake,  I  am  still  with  Thee. 

Search  me,  0  God,  and  know  my  heart : 

K.   Try  me,  and  know  my  thoughts  : 

And  see  if  there  be  any  wicked  way  in 
me, 

JR.  And  lead  me  in  the  way  everlasting. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  and  to  the  Son, 
and  to  the  Holy  Ghost : 

II.  As  it  was  in  the  begrnninrj,  is  noWj 
and  ever  shall  5e,  world  without  end.  Amen. 

The  Lord  be  with  you. 

R.  And  with  thy  Spirit. 

Let  us  pray. 

Then  the  Leader  shall  offer  the  Collect  for  the  day}- 
the  school  responding  at  the  close:  Amen. 

1  The  Collect  of  every  Sunday  in  the  year  is  suitable  to  b« 
used  on  every  sncceeding  day  of  the  veek,  and  can  therefore  b« 
properly  eo  used  in  parochial  or  Christian  schools. 


THIRD    SERTICE.  33 

Almighty  God,  our  Heavenly  Father, 
Fountain  of  all  blessings,  and  Griver  of 
every  good  and  perfect  gift,  send  down 
upon  us  the  healthful  Spirit  of  Thy  grace, 
that  we  may  worthily  approach  Thy  throne 
of  mercy,  and  glorify  Thee  with  the  ofler- 
ings  of  praise :  through  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord. 

11.  Amen. 

0  God,  Thou  art  light,  and  in  Thee  is 
no  darkness  at  all,  draw  us  to  Thy  dear  Son, 
our  Saviour,  who  is  the  true  light  of  the 
world.  Grant  us  grace,  as  from  the  lips  of 
those  who  teach  us,  to  learn  of  Thee.  Re- 
veal Thy  holy  Gospel  to  us.  By  Thy  Holy 
Spirit  enlighten  and  instruct  us  in  the 
knowledge  of  divine  things.  Deliver  us 
from  all  unholy  thoughts  and  desires.  Unite 
us  more  closely  to  Thyself,  and  to  all  Thy 
children.  Stren2;then  and  confirm  us  in 
true  piety;  and  guide  our  steps  in  the 
paths  of  innocence  and  peace :  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

E.  Amen. 

Lord  Jesus,  who  in  the  days  of  Thy 
flesh  didst  take  little  children  into  Thine 
arms  and  bless  them;  remember  in  great 
mercy  all  children  (youth)  who  are  conse- 
crated to  Thee  by  Holv  Baptism.     Confirm 


84  OfFJCES     OF    DEYOTION. 

and  keep  them  in  the  grace  of  Thy  holy 
covenant.  Grant  that  they  may  steadflistly 
renounce  the  devil  with  all  his  ways  and 
works,  the  world  with  its  vain  pomp  and 
glory,  and  the  flesh  with  all  its  sinful  de- 
sires; that,  growing  up  in  the  nurture  and 
admonition  of  the  Lord,  they  may  keep 
Thy  holy  will  and  commandments  all  the 
days  of  their  life. 
It.   Amen. 

O  Lord,  bless  Thy  Church,  which  Thou 
hast  redeemed  with  Thy  most  precious 
blood.  Illuminate  her  ministers  with  true 
knowledge  and  understanding  of  Thy  Word. 
Enlarge  her  borders,  and  clothe  her  with 
the  beauty  of  holiness  and  peace.  Encour- 
age the  hearts  of  her  members  in  every 
place,  and  bless  them  with  Thy  salvation. 

B.  Amen. 

Tketi  let  the  whole  school  unite  in  the  Lord's  Prayer : 

Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed 
be  Thy  name.  Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy  will 
be  done  in  earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven.  Give 
us  this  day  our  daily  bread.  And  forgive 
us  our  debts,  as  we  forgive  our  debtors. 
And  lead  us  not  into  temptation.  But  de- 
liver us  from  evil.  For  Thine  is  the  king- 
dom^ and  the  power,  and  the  glory,  for  ever. 
AmciL 


THIRD     SE  R  V  ICK.  35 

THE    CLOSING    OF    THE    SCHOOL. 

After  the  singing  of  a  Psalm,  Hymn,  or  Chant,  thi 
school  may  be  closed  as  follows : 

Let  US  pray. 

Almighty  God,  our  Heavenly  Fatlior 
by  whose  goodness  we  have  now  be^n  in 
striicted  in  Thy  divine  and  saving  truth  •- 
enlighten  our  souls  to  the  full  understand- 
ing of  what  has  been  spoken  ]  and  give  us 
hearts  to  obey  Thy  will,  that  we  may  not 
only  be  hearers  of  spiritual  words,  but  also 
doers  of  good  works,  and  thus  glorify  Thee 
in  a  pure  faith  and  a  blameless  life  :  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

R.   Amen. 

Then  shall  be  sung  the  Doxology,  which  may  be  (he 
Gloria  Patri,  or  one  of  the  Metrical  Doxologies. 
This  will  conclude  the  service,  unless  a  minister 
should  be  present,  who  will  pronounce  the  Bene' 
diction,  as  follows: 

The  grace  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and 
the  love  of  God,  and  the  communioD  cf  the 
Holy  Ghost,  be  with  you  all. 

IL  Amen. 


OFFICES    OF    DEVOTION, 


SELECTIONS    FOR    THE    FESTL 
VAL    DAYS. 

On  Festival  days  the  following  are  to  he  used  in  tht 
place  of  the  Selections  on  pp.  28-32. 

ADVENT. 

Hosanna  to  tlie  Son  of  David ; 

II.  Blessed  is  He  that  cometh  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord. 

The  Desire  of  all  nations  shall  come. 

R.  A  light  to  lighten  the  Gentiles,  and 
the  glory  of  Thy  people  Israel. 

Prepare  ye  the  way  of  the  Lord, 

B'  Make  His  paths  straight. 

CHRISTMAS. 

Behold,  I  bring  you  good  tidings  of 
great  joy,^ 

B.  Which  shall  be  to  all  people. 

Unto  you  is  born  this  day,  in  the  city  of 
David,  a  Saviour, 

R.  Which  is  Christ,  the  Lord. 

He  shall  be  great,  and  shall  be  called 
the  Son  of  the  Highest; 

B.  And  the  Lord  God  shall  give  unto 
Him  the  throne  of  His  father  David. 

And  He  shall  reign  over  the  house  of 
Jacob  for  ever; 


FESTIVALDAYS  37 

R.  And  of  His  kingdom  there  shall  be 
DO  end. 

Glory  to  God  in  the  highest, 

B.  And  on  earth  peace,  good  will  to  men. 

EPIPHANY. 

The  Lord  reigneth;  let  the  earth  rejoice ; 

E.  Let  the  multitude  of  the  isles  be  glad 
thereof. 

Declare  His  glory  among  the  heathen, 
His  wonders  among  all  people. 

B.  Say  among  the  heathen  that  the  Lord 
reigneth. 

The  people  which  sat  in  darkness  saw  a 
great  light ; 

B.  And  to  them  which  sat  in  the  region 
and  shadow  of  death,  light  is  sprung  up. 

The  glory  of  the  Lord  shall  be  revealed, 
and  all  flesh  shall  see  it  together. 

B.  And  the  Gentiles  shall  come  to  Thy 
light,  and  kings  to  the  brightness  of  Th 
rising. 

GOOD   FRIDAY. 

Behold  the  Lamb  of  God ; 

R.  Which  taketh  away  the  sin  of  the 
world. 

He  "was  despised  and  rejected  of  men; 

B.  A  man  of  sorrows,  and  acquainted 
with  grief. 

Surely  He  hath  borne  our  griefs ; 


38  OFFICES    OF    DEVOTION. 

R.  And  carried  our  sorrows. 

He  was  wounded  for  our  transgressions  , 

R.  He  was  bruised  for  our  iniquities. 

All  we  like  sheep  have  gone  astray ;  we 
have  turned  every  one  to  his  own  way ; 

R.  And  the  Lord  hath  laid  on  Him  th^ 
iniquity  of  us  all. 

EASTER. 

The  Lord  is  risen  indeed. 

i?.  He  rose  again  the  third  day  accord 
ing  to  the  Scriptures. 

Now  is  Christ  risen  from  the  dead ; 

R.  And  become  the  first  fruits  of  theia 
fliat  slept. 

Awake  and  sing,  ye  that  dwell  in  dust. 

R.  Them  which  sleep  in  Jesus  will  God 
bring  with  Him. 

The  Lord  is  risen  indeed. 

R.  Death  is  swallowed  up  in  victory. 

0  death  where  is  thy  sting  ? " 

R.  0  grave  where  is  thy  victory  ? 

Thanks  be  to  God,  which  giveth  us  the 
rictory : 

R    Through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ 

ASCENSION. 

0  clap  your  hands,  all  ye  people ; 
R.  Shout  unto  God  with  the  voice  of 
triumph. 

God  is  gone  up  with  a  shout, 


FESTIVAL     DA  XS.  39 

R.  The  Lord  with  tbe  sound  of  a  trumpet 

Lift  up  your  heads,  0  ye  gates ;  and  be 
je  lift  up  ye  everhxsting  doors; 

R.  And  the  King  of  glory  shall  come  in. 

Who  is  this  King  of  glory  ? 

R.  The  Lord  of  Hosts,  He  is  the  King 
of  glory, 

WHITSUNSIDE. 

I  will  pour  my  Spirit  upon  thy  seed ; 

R.  And  my  blessing  upon  thine  offspring. 

And  they  shall  spring  up  as  among  the 
grass; 

R.  As  willows  by  the  water-courses. 

God  hath  sent  forth  the  Spirit  of  His 
Son  into  your  hearts,  crying,  Abba,  Father. 

R.  Likewise  the  Spirit  also  helpeth  our 
infirmities. 

Create  in  me  a  clean  heart,  0  God ; 

R.  And  renew  a  right  spirit  wichin  me. 

Cast  me  not  away  from  Thy  presence  ; 

E.  And  take  not  Thy  Holy  Spirit  from 
me 

TRINITY    SUNDAY. 

Holy,  holy,  holy,  is  the  Lord  God  of  Hosts; 
R.  The  whole  earth  is  full  of  His  glory. 
Holy,  holy,  holy,  Lord  God  Almighty : 
R.  Which  was,  and  is,  and  is  to  come. 
Of  Him,  and  through  Him.  and  to  Him, 
are  all  things ; 

R.  To  whom  be  glory,  for  ever.    Amen. 


10  OFFICES    OF     DEVOTION. 


A   LITANY. 

fn  reasons  of  special  solemnity,  as  in  times  when 
more  than  usual  sickness  prevails,  or  when  a 
Teacher  or  scholar  has  been  removed  by  deaths 
afler  some  remarks  suited  to  the  occasion,  the 
school  may  be  opened  or  closed  with  the  following 
Litany,  all  kneeling : 

0  God  the  Father  in  heaven :  have 
mercy  upon  us. 

Have  mercy  upon  tis. 

0  God  the  Son,  Redeemer  of  the  world : 
have  mercy  upon  us. 
Have  mercy  upon  us. 

0  God  the  Holy  Ghost,  proceeding  from 
(he  Father  and  the  Son  :  have  mercy  upon 
us. 

Have  mercy  upon  us. 

0  holy,  blessed,  and  glorious  Trinity, 
three  Persons  and  one  God  :  have  mercy 
upon  us. 

Have  mercy  upon  us. 

Almighty,  Holy,  and  most  Merciful 
God,  before  whom  all  hearts  are  open  and 
all  desires  known,  deeply  humbled  on  ac- 
count of  our  sins,  we  make  confession  unto 


A     L  1  T  A  N  Y.  41 

Thee.  Our  sins,  if  we  would,  we  cannot 
hide  from  Thee;  for  Thou  searchest  the 
heart  and  triest  the  reins,  and  all  things 
are  naked  and  open  before  Thee,  with  whom 
we  have  to  do.  Against  Thee,  Thee  only, 
have  we  sinned,  and  done  evil  in  Thy  sight 
Lordy  have  mercy  upon  us. 

IIemember  not,  Lord,  our  offences,  nor 
the  offences  of  our  forefathers;  neither  take 
Thou  vengeance  of  our  sins :  spare  us,  good 
Lord,  spare  Thy  people,  whom  Thou  hast 
redeemed  with  Thy  most  precious  blood, 
and  be  not  angry  with  us  for  ever. 

Spare  us,  good  Lord. 

Wherein  we  have  sinned  against  Thee, 
0  Lord,  in  doing  the  things  we  ought  not 
to  have  done,  and  in  leaving  undone  the 
things  which  it  was  our  duty  to  do ; 

0  Lord  forgive. 

Wherein  we  have  offended,  or  grieved, 
or  injured  any  of  our  fellow-beings  in  word 
or  deed: 

0  Lord  forgive. 

Wherein  we  have  been  irreverent  and 
ungrateful  to  those  whom  Thou  hast  placed 
over  us  in  the  Family,  the  Stat^,  or  the 
Church : 

0  Lord  forgive. 


42  OFFICES     OF    DEVOTION. 

"Wherein  we  have  entertained  envy,  ill^ 
will,  malice,  or  any  other  unholy  feeling 
toward  any  one : 

0  Lord  for gixe. 

Wherein  we  have  fallen  under  the 
power  of  impure  passions,  affections,  and 
desires,  and  thus  have  grieved  Thy  Holy 
Spirit : 

0  Lord  forgive. 

All  our  sins  which  we  know,  and  all 
which  we  know  not : 
0  Lord  forgive. 

From  all  evil  and  harm;  from  the  power 
of  sin,  and  the  snares  of  the  devil ;  from 
Thy  wrath,  and  from  everlasting  damna- 
tion : 

Good  Lord,  deliver  us. 

By  the  mystery  of  Thy  holy  Incarna- 
tion ;  by  Thine  Agony  and  Bloody  Sweat ; 
by  Thy  Cross  and  Passion;  by  Thy  pre- 
cious burial;  by  Thy  glorious  Resurrection 
and  Ascension ;  and  by  the  coming  of  the 
Holy  Ghost:  in  the  hour  of  death  and  in 
the  day  of  Judgment : 

Good  Lord,  deliver  us. 

That  it  may  please  Thee  to  uphold  us 
in  all  time  of  temptation  with  Thy  free 
Spirit;   to   grant  us   true  repentance,  and 


ALITANY.  43 

raise  us  when  we  fall ;  to  strengtliep  and 
confirm  us  in  Thy  grace;  and  finally  to 
beat  down  Satan  under  our  feet : 

We  beseech  Thee  to  hear  us,  0  Lord. 

0  Son  of  God,  the  Redeemer  of  the 
world : 

Have  inercy  ujpon  us. 

0  Lamb  of  God  ttat  takest  away  the 
sin  of  the  world  : 

Have  mercy  iijwn  us. 

0  Lamb  of  God  that  takest  away  the 
gin  of  the  world  : 

Grant  us  Thy  peace. 

0  God,  merciful  Father,  who  despisest 
not  the  sighing  of  the  contrite,  nor  rejectest 
the  desire  of  the  sorrowful :  be  favorable  to 
our  prayers  which,  in  our  afflictions  that 
continually  oppress  us,  we  pour  out  before' 
Thee;  and  graciously  hear  them,  that  those 
things  which  the  craft  of  the  devil  or  man 
worketh  against  us,  may  be  brought  to 
nought,  and  by  the  council  of  Thy  good- 
ness be  dispersed ;  so  that,  being  hurt  by 
no  persecutions,  we  may  evermore  give 
thanks  unto  Thee  in  Thy  holy  Church : 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

i?.  Amen: 

i)  God,  from  whom  all  holy  desires,  all 


44  OFFICES     OF     DEVOTION. 

good  counsels,  and  all  just  works  do  pu- 
ceed  :  give  unto  Thy  servants  that  peace 
which  the  world  cannot  give;  that  our 
h*earts  may  be  set  to  obey  Thy  command- 
ments, and  also  that  we,  being  defended 
from  the  fear  of  our  enemies,  may  by  Thy 
protection  pass  our  time  in  peace  and  quiet 
ness  :  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 
R.  Amen. 


OPENING    PRAYERS.  45 

PRAYERS, 

FOR    MEETINGS   OF   SUNDAY-SCHOOL   TEACHERS. 
OPENING    PRAYERS. 

]Vhen  used  by  the  minister,  he  may  omit  the  pari  in 
brackets. 

Almighty  God,  our  Heavenly  Fatlier, 
whose  we  are  and  whom  we  serve ;  from 
Thee  cometh  all  wisdom  profitable  to  direct, 
and  help  for  every  duty ;  be  graciously  with 
us  in  our  present  assembly.  May  all  our 
counsels  be  ordered  in  heavenly  wisdom, 
and  crowned  with  Thine  abundant  blessing : 
through  .Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Am€?i. 

Make  us  deeply  sensible  of  our  unworthi- 
ness  to  be  co-workers  with  Christ  and  His 
Diinisters  in  making  known  the  blessed  gos- 
pel of  Thy  grace.  Instruct  Thou  us  by 
Thy  Holy  Spirit,  that  we  may  know  the 
mini  of  the  Spirit  in  the  Holy  Scriptures. 
Make  us  quick  to  learn,  and  apt  to  teach, 
that  so  we  may  impart  of  that  which  we 
have  received,  and  be  Thine  instruments  in 
leading  others  in  the  way  of  life.     Ameyi. 

Keep  us  mindful,  0  Lord,  that  we  are 
not  our  own,  but  belong  to  our  faithful  Sa- 


46  OFFICES    OF    DEVOTION. 

viour,  Jesus  Christ.  To  Thee  we  dedicate 
ourselves  anew.  To  Thee  we  offer  all  our 
designs,  all  our  studies  and  endeavors,  all 
that  we  have  and  are.  Give  us  grace  to 
renounce  the  vain  pomp  and  glory  of  the 
world,  and  to  choose  the  ways  of  charity 
and  good  works,  that  being  wholly  taken 
up  with  labors  of  mercy,  we  may  escape  the 
corruptions  that  are  in  the  world  through 
lust.  Make  our  hearts  humble,  our  words 
rich  with  the  savor  of  grace,  our  lives  con- 
sistent and  pure,  that  in  all  things  we  may 
be  an  example  to  the  lambs  of  Thy  flock. 
Amen. 

0  Lord,  of  Thine  infinite  mercy  bless 
the  children  committed  to  our  charge. 
Open  their  understandings,  and  dispose 
their  hearts  to  receive  Thy  truth.  Deliver 
them  from  the  evil  that  is  in  them  by  na- 
ture, and  keep  them  from  the  evil  that  is 
around  them  in  the  world.  Prepare  them 
by  Thy  grace  to  fill  every  station  of  life  to 
which  Thy  providence  shall  call  them;  and 
let  it  please  Thee,  0  Lord,  to  raise  up  from 
among  them  those  who  shall  testify  for 
Thee  in  the  Gospel  of  Thy  Son.  May  they 
all  livo  in  Thy  fear  and  favor,  that  when 
their  earthly  course  is  ended,  they  may  die 
in  Thy  peace,  and  be  numbered  with  Thy 


OPENING    PRAYERS.  47 

saints  in  glory  everlasting :  tlirough  the 
merits  and  mediation  of  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord.     Ame7i. 

We  beseech  Thee,  0  Lord,  give  Thy 
grace  to  parents  and  guardians,  and  to  all 
those  who  have  in  charge  any  of  the  youD^ 
members  of  Thy  flock ;  that  with  all  dili- 
gence, faithfulness,  and  affection,  theymajr 
train  them  in  the  way  they  should  go,  so 
that  none  of  them,  through  fault  of  others, 
may  come  short  of  eternal  life.     Amen. 

[Lord  Jesus,  who  art  the  chief  Bishop 
and  Shepherd  of  Thy  people,  ble.^s  Thy 
servant  whom  Thou  hast  appointed  to  min- 
ister to  us  in  holy  things;  lead  and  sustain 
him  by  the  Holy  k!'pirit,  that  his  ministra- 
tions may  be  clothed  with  power  for  our 
good,  the  increase  of  Thy  church,  and  the 
glory  of  Thy  name.     Amen.'] 

These  things,  and  whatsoever  else  Thoii 
shalt  see  to  be  necessary  and  convenient 
for  us,  and  for  Thy  whole  church,  we 
humbly  ask  through  Thy  name  and  merits, 
0  blessed  Saviour,  whom  with  the  Father 
and  the  Hoiy  Spirit,  we  worship  as  one  God, 
world  without  end.     Amen. 


48  OFFICES    OF    DEVOTION. 

CLOSING    PRAYEE. 

0  Lord,  our  Heavenly  Father,  whose 
blessing  maketh  rich,  and  by  whose  Spirit 
all  our  doings  must  be  sanctified ;  we  hum- 
bly commend  ourselves  and  our  work  to 
Thy  favor.  JiCt  Thy  blessing  rest  upon  tlie 
services  in  which  we  have  now  been  en- 
gaged ',  and  may  our  feeble  endeavors  re- 
sult in  great  glory  to  Thy  name.  Increase 
our  zeal  in  the  good  work  unto  which  Thou 
hast  called  us.  Make  us  wise  and  faithful, 
humble  and  modest,  firm  and  perseverinfx, 
full  of  faith  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Let 
Thy  glory  shine  forth  in  our  lives;  help 
us,  by  a  meek  and  quiet  spirit,  to  imitate 
our  blessed  Saviour,  and  show  forth  a  good 
example  to  all  men.  Hear,  0  Lord,  our 
prayers;  and  grant  us  all  things  we  need 
for  this  world  and  for  that  which  is  to 
come ;  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord,  to 
whom  with  Thee  and  the  ever  blessed 
Spirit,  be  honor  and  glory,  world  without 
end.     Amen. 

Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven,  etc. 


IIYMNS  FOR  SCHOOLS. 


THE 

CHRISTMAS   SEASON. 
ADVENT. 

A  LMIGHTY  GOD,  we  beseech  Thee,  grant  us 
-^  grace  that  we  may  wait  with  vigilance  for 
the  Advent  of  Thy  Son,  our  Lord ;  that  when  Ho 
Bhall  arise  from  Thy  right  hand,  to  visit  the 
earth  in  righteousness,  and  Thy  people  with  sal- 
vation, He  may  find  us,  not  sleeping  in  sin,  but 
diligent  in  His  service  and  rejoicing  in  His 
praises;  that  so  we  may  enter  in  with  Him  unto 
the  marriage-supper  of  the  Lamb:  through  His 
merits,  who  liveth  and  reigneth  with  Thee  and 
the  Holy  Ghost,  ever  one  God,  world  without 
end.     Amen. 


1.  ADVENT  HYMN.  L.  M- 

HAIL,  Jesus !  Israel's  Hope  and  Light ! 
Prophets  and  Priests  prepared  Thy  way. 
Thy  people,  through  the  breaking  night, 
With  waiting  joy  foresaw  Thy  dav. 
4  (49) 


50  CHRISTMAS     SEASON. 

By  Jacob's  Star  the  Gentiles  found 

Light  on  their  mystic  longings   poured; 

Wise  men  from  dismal  regions  round, 
Bowed  at  Thy  manger  and  adored. 

Thy  Advent,   Lord,  revives  the  vrorld ; 

Thy  life  shall  "waiting  nations  know ; 
The  banner  of  Thy   truth   unfurled. 

Shall  glorious  on  the  mountains  glow. 

The  vales,  where  darkness  lingers  last, 

Now  kindle  in  prophetic  light ; 
The  morning  breaks!  for  ever  past 

The  fearful  reign  of  ancient  night. 

Hail,  glorious  Advent!  heavenly  birth  I 

Shout,  saints,  in  triumph,  Christ  appears; 

Good  will  to  men,  and  peace  on  earth, 
Shall  reigu  throughout  the  golden  yeara. 


riRST    SUNDAY    IN    ADVENT,       51 


FIRST  SUNDAY  IN  ADVENT. 

PSALM   XXIV 

Gospd:   St.  Matt.  xxi.  8-11  1    St.  John  J.  1-18. 
Epistle:  Rom.  xiii.  11-14       i   1  John  i.  1  —  ii.  2. 

A  LMIGHTY  GOD,  give  us  grace  that  we  may 
^^  cast  away  the  works  of  darkness,  and  put 
upon  us  the  armor  of  light  now,  in  the  time  of 
this  mortal  life,  in  which  Thy  Son  Jesus  Christ 
came  to  visit  us  in  great  humility ;  that  in  the 
last  day,  when  He  shall  come  again  in  His  glo- 
rious majesty,  to  judge  both  the  quick  and  the 
dead,  we  may  rise  to  the  life  immortal,  through 
Him  who  liveth  and  reigneth  with  Thee  and  the 
Holy  Ghost,  now  and  forever.     Amen. 


2.  MESSIAH'S   COMING   KINGDOM.        C    M. 

JOY  to  the  world;  the  Lord  is  come, 
Let  earth  receive  her  King; 
Let  ev'ry  heart  prepare  Him  room. 
And  heav'n  and  nature  sing. 

Joy  to  the  earth,  the  Saviour  reigns. 

Let  men  their  songs  employ; 
While  fields  and  floods,  rocks,  hills  and  plains, 

Repeat  the  sounding  joy. 


52  CHRISTMAS    SEASON". 

No  more  let  sins  and  sorrows  grow, 
Nor  thorns  infest  the  ground : 

He  comes  to  make  His  blessings  flow 
Far  as  the  curse  is  found. 

He  rules  the  world  with  truth  and  grace, 
And  makes  the  nations  prove 

The  glories  of  His  righteousness, 
And  wonders  of  His  love. 


a  c.  M 

CHRIST'S  FIRST  AND  SECOND  COMING. 

SING  to  the  Lord,  ye  distant  lands, 
Ye  tribes   of  ev'ry  tongue; 
His  rich  display  of  grace  demands 
A  new  and  nobler  song. 

Say  to  the  nations,  Jesus  reigns, 

God's  own  almighty  Son; 
His  power  the  sinking  world  sustains. 

And  grace  surrounds  His  throne. 

Let  heav'n  proclaim  the  joyful  day; 

Joy  through  the  earth  be  seen; 
Let  cities  shine  in  bright  array, 

And  fields  in  cheerful  green. 

Let  an  unusual  joy  surprise 

The  islands  of  The  sea ; 
Ye  mountains  sink,  ye  valleys  rise; 

Prepare  the  Lord  His  way. 


FIRST    SUNDAY    IN    ADVENT.  53 

Behold,  He  comes !  He  comes  to  bless 

The  nations  as  their  God ; 
To  show  the  world  His  righteousness, 

And  send  His  truth  abroad. 

But  when  His  voice  shall  raise  the  dead, 

And  bid  the  world  draw  near, 
How  will  the  guilty  nations  dread. 

To  see  their  Judge  appear  I 

THE  INCARNATION.  S.  M. 

YE  saints,  proclaim  abroad 
The  honors  of  your  King; 
To  Jesus  your  incarnate  God, 
Your  songs  of  praises  sing. 

Not  angels  round  the  throne 

Of  majesty  above, 
Are  half  so  much  oblig'd  as  we. 

To  our  Immanuel's  love. 

They  never  sunk  so  low, 

They  are  not  rais'd  so  high ; 
They  never  knew  such  depths  of  woe. 

Such  heights  of  majesty. 

The  Saviour  did  not  join 

Their  nature  to  His  own ; 
For  them  He  shed  no  blood  divine, 

Nor  breath'd  a  single  groan. 

May  we  with  angels  vie 

The  Saviour  to  adore ; 
Our  debts  are  greater  far  than  theirs, 

0  be  our  praises  more! 


54  CHRISTMAS    SEASON. 


SECOND  SUNDAY  IN  ADVENT. 

PSALM    LXXX. 

Gospel:   St.  Luke  xxi.  25-33  )   St.  Matt.  xxy.  1-13. 
Epistle:  Rom.  xt.  4-13  /  Heb.  x.  1-9. 

/'1LEANSE  our  conscience,  we  beseech  Thee. 
^  Almighty  God,  by  the  daily  visitation  of 
Thy  grace ;  that  "when  Thy  Son,  our  Lord  Jesua 
Christ,  shall  come,  He  may  find  us  fit  for  Hia 
appearing,  and  ready  to  meet  Him  without  spot, 
iu  the  company  of  all  Hia  saints :  who  liveth  and 
reigneth  with  Thee,  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  ever 
one  God,  world  without  end.     Amen. 


PRAISE  TO  OUR  CREATOR.  L.   M 

BEFORE  Jehovah's  awful  throne, 
Ye  nations  bow  with  sacred  joy  ^ 
Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  alone: 
He  can  create,   and  He  destroy. 

His  sov'reign  pow'r,  without  our  aid, 
Made  us  of  clay,  and  form'd  us  men; 

And  when  like  wand'ring  sheep  we  stray'd, 
He  brought  us  to  His  fold  again. 


SECOND    SUNDAY    IN    ADVENT.         55 

We  are  His  people,  we  His  care, 
Our  souls  and  all  our  mortal  frame; 

What  lasting  honors  shall  we  rear, 
Almighty  Maker,  to  Thy  name ! 


We  11  crowd  Thy  gates  with  thankful  songs, 
High  as  the  heav'ns  our  voices  raise ; 

And  earth  with  her  ten  thousand  tongues 
Shall  fill  Thy  courts  with  sounding  praise. 


Wide  as  the  world  is  Thy  command, 

Vast  as  eternity  Thy  love  ; 
Firm  as  a  rock  Thy  truth  must  stand, 

When  rolling  years  shall  cease  to  move. 


CHRIST  OUR   JUDGE.  C-   M 

THAT  awful  day  will  surely  come, 
Th'  appointed  hour  makes  haste, 
When  I  must  stand  before  my  Judge, 
And  pass  the  solemn  test. 


Thou  lovely  Chief  of  all  my  joys  — 
Thou  Sov'reign  of  my  heart  — 

How  could  I  bear  to  hear  Thy  voice 
Pronounce  the  word — "Depart." 


Oh !  wretched  state  of  deep  despair, 
To  see  my  God  remove, — 

And  fix  my  doleful  station  where 
I  must  not  taste  His  love  I 


56  CHRISTMAS    SEASON. 

Oh !  tell  me  that  my  worthless  name 
Is  graven  on  Thy  hands  ; 

Show  me  some  promise  in  Thy  book, 
Wnere  my  salvation  stands. 


MERCY  IN  JUDGMENT.  S.  M 

MY  soul,  repeat  His  praise 
Whose  mercies  are  so  great ; 
Whose  anger  is  so  slow  to  rise, 
So  ready  to  abate. 

God  will  not  always  chide : 

And  when  His  strokes  are  felt, 

His  strokes  are  fewer  than  our  crimes, 
And  lighter  than  our  guilt. 


High  as  the  heav'ns  are  rais'd 
Above  the  ground  we  tread ; 

So  far  the  riches  of  His  grace 
Our  highest  thoughts  exceed. 


His  pow'r  subdues  our  sins ; 

And  His  forgiving  love, 
Far  as  the  east  is  from  the  weat, 

Doth  all  our  guilt  remove. 


The  pity  of  the  Lord, 

To  those  that  fear  His  name, 
Is  such  as  tender  parents  feel: 

He  knows  our  feeble  frame. 


SECOND    SUNDAF    IN    AD7ENT.      57 

He  knows  we  are  but  dust, 

Scatter'd  with  ev'ry  breath; 
His  anger,  like  a  rising  wind, 

Can  send  us  swift  to  death. 

Our  days  are  as  the  grass, 

Or  like  the  morning  flow'r: 
If  one  sharp  blast  sweep  o'er  the  field, 

It  withers  in  an  hour. 

But  Thy  compassions,  Lord, 

To  endless  years  endure ; 
And  children's  children  ever  find 

Thy  words  of  promise  sure. 


58  CHRISTMAS    SEASON. 

THIRD  SUNDAY  IN  ADVENT. 

PSALM  LXXXV. 

Go&pd:   St.  Matt.  xi.  2-10  \  Luke  xviL  20-37. 
Epistle.  1  Cor.  iv.  1-5  )   1  Thess.  v.  1-8. 

1  NCLINE,  0  Lord,  we  beseech  Thee,  Thine 
-*-  ear  to  our  prayers,  and  visit  the  darkness 
of  our  mind  with  the  Day-spring  from  on  high  ; 
that  at  the  secoftd  coming  of  thy  Son  to  judge 
the  world,  we  may  hasten  with  joy  to  meet  Ilim, 
who  liveth  and  reigneth  with  Tliee  and  the  Holy 
Ghost,  ever  one  God,  world  without  end.    Amen. 


THE  REDEEMER'S  MISSION.  C  M. 

HARK,  the  glad  sound !  the  Saviour  comes, 
The  Saviour  promis'd  long! 
Let  ev'ry  heart  prepare  a  throne, 
And  ev'ry  voice  a  song. 

On  Him  the  Spirit  largely  pour'd, 

Exerts  its  sacred  fire: 
Wisdom  and  might,  and  zeal  and  love, 

His  holy  breast  inspire. 

He  comes  the  pris'ners  to  release, 

In  Satan's  bondage  held  ; 
The  gates  of  brass  before  Him  burst, 

The  iron  fetters  yield. 


THIRD  SUNDAY  IN  ADVENT.    59 

He  comes  from  thickest  films  of  vice 

To  clear  the  mental  ray, 
And  on  the  ej'eballs  of  the  blind 

To  pour  celestial  day. 

He  comes  the  broken  heart  to  bind, 

The  bleeding  soul  to  cure; 
And  with  His  righteousne'ss  and  grace 

T'  enrich  the  humble  poor. 

Our  glad  hosaunas,  Prince  of  Peace, 

Thy  welcome  shall  proclaim  ; 
And  heav'n's  eternal  ai'ches  ring 

With  Thy  beloved  name. 


9,  WATCHMAN!  WHAT  OF  THE  NIGHT?        78 

WATCHMAN!  tell  us  of  the  night, 
What  its  signs  of  promise  are  ? 
Trav'ller!  o'er  yon  mountain's  height 

See  that  glory-beaming  star! 
Watchman !  does  its  beauteous  ray 

Aught  of  hope  or  joy  foretell? 
Trav'ller!  yes:  it  brings  the  day, — 
Promis'd  day  of  Israel 

Watchman!  tell  us  of  the  night! 

Higher  yet  that  star  ascends : 
Trav'ller!  blessedness  and  light, 

Peace  and  truth,  its  course  portends  I 
Watchman !  will  its  beams  alone 

Gild  the  spot  that  gave  them  birth? 
Trav'ller !  ages  are  its  own, 

See,  it  bursts  o'er  all  the  earth. 


60  CHRISTMAS    SEASON, 

"Watchman  !  tell  us  of  the  night, 

For  the  morning  seems  to  dawn: 
Trav'ller!  darkness  takes  its  flight, 

Doubt  and  terror  are  withdrawn. 
Watchman!  let  thy  wand'rings  cease: 

Hie  thee  to  thy  quiet  home : 
Trav'ller!  lo !  the  Prince  of  Peace, 

Lo !  the  Son  of  God  is  come. 


10.  WELCOME  TO   CHRIST.  8s  &  7ft. 

WELCOME,  welcome,  dear  Redeemer, 
Welcome  to  this  heart  of  minej 
Be  Thou  mine,  and  mine  forever. 
And  my  soul  forever  Thine  — 
Thine,   0  Saviour, 
Thine  forever, 
Be  this  ransomed  heart  of  mine. 

Welcome,  welcome,  dear  Redeemer, 

Welcome  to  this  heart  of  mine; 
Be  Thy  life,  my  light  and  glory, 
Let  Thy  light  within  me  shine  — 
Light  of  heaven. 
Kindly  given, 
Shine  within  my  bosom,  shine. 

Welcome,  welcome,  dear  Redeemer, 

Welcome  to  this  heart  of  mine; 
Take,  0  take  me,  Lord,  forever, 
Thine  I  am  and  only  Thine ; 
Jesus,  never 
Shall  we  sever  — 
I  am  Thine,  and  Thou  art  mine. 


FOURTH    SUNDAY    IN    ADVENT.      61 

FOURTH  SUNDAY  IN  ADVENT. 

PSALM   IV. 

Goipd:   St.  John  i.  19-34  )  St.  John  vA.  22-36. 
Epistle:  Philip,  iv.  4-7        )  Gal.  iii.  21-29. 

A  RISE,  0  Lord,  -we  beseech  Thee,  and  sho-w 
"^  unto  us  speedily  the  power  of  Thy  glo- 
rious salvation ;  that  we,  being  redeemed  from 
our  sins,  and  delivered  out  of  the  hands  of  our 
enemies,  may  be  enabled  to  serve  Thee  without 
fear,  in  holiness  and  righteousness  before  Thee, 
all  the  days  of  our  life:  through  the  mediation 
of  Thy  Son,  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ, 
to  whom,  with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  honor 
and  glory,  world  without  end.     Amen. 


11.  PRAISE  FOR  REDEMPTION.  C.   M 

OFOR  a  thousand  tongues  to  sing 
My  great  Redeemer's  praise,  — 
The  glories  of  my  God  and  King, 
The  triumphs  of  His  grace. 

My  gracious  Master,  and  my  God, 

Assist  me  to  proclaim. 
To  spread,  through  all  the  earth  abroad, 

The  honors  of  Thy  Name. 


62  CHRISTMAS     SEASON. 

Jesus  !  the  Name  that  charms  our  feari, 
That  bids  our  sorrows  cease; 

*T  is  music  in  the  sinner's  ears; 
'T  is  life,  and  health,  and  peace. 

He  breaks  the  power  of  reigning  sin : 

He  sets  the  pris'ner  free  ; 
His  blood  can  make  the  foulest  clean; 

His  blood  availed  for  me. 


12.  SALVATION.  C    M 

SALVATION,  0,  the  joyful  Bound  I 
'Tis  pleasure  to  our  ears; 
A  sov'reign  balm  for  every  wound, 
A  cordial  for  our  fears. 

Buried  in  sorrow  and  in  sin. 

At  hell's  dark  door  we  lay; 
But  we  arise,  by  grace  divine, 

To  see  a  heav'nly  day. 

Salvation  !  let  the  echo  fly 

The  spacious  earth  around. 
While  all  the  armies  of  the  sky 

Conspire  to  raise  the  sound. 


13.  THE  INCARNATIOIf  OP  CHRIST.      C    H 

MORTALS,  awake,  with  angels  join. 
And  chant  the  solemn  lay; 
Joy,  love,  and  gratitude  combine 
'xO  hail  the  auspicious  day. 


rOURTH  SUNDAY  IN  ADVENT.   63 

In  heaven  the  rapturous  song  began, 

And  sweet  seraphic  fire 
Through  all  the  shining  legions  ran, 

And  strung  and  tuned  the  lyre. 

Swift  through  the  vast  expanse  it  flew, 

And  loud  the  echo  rolled; 
The  theme,  the  song,  the  joy  was  new, 

'T  was  more  than  heaven  could  hold. 

Down  through  the  portals  of  the  sky 

The  impetuous  torrent  ran  ; 
And  angels  flew  with  eager  joy. 

To  bear  the  news  to  man. 

Hark  !  the  cheruoic  armies  shout. 

And  glory  leads  the  song: 
Ood  will  and  peace  are  heard  throughout 

The  harmonious,  angel  throng. 

With  joy  the  chorus  we'll  repeat, 

"Glory  to  God  on  high; 
Good  will  and  peace  are  now  complete, 

Jesus  was  born  to  die." 

Hail,  Prince  of  Life !  forever  hail, 

Redeemer,  Brother,  Friend ! 
Though  earth,  and  time,  and  life  should  f&il» 

Thy  praise  shall  never  end. 

14.  CONDESCENSION  OF  CHRIST.         0.  M. 

^FITE  Saviour!  0  what  endless  charms 
J-      Dwell  in  the  blissful  sound  ! 
Its  influence  every  fear  disarms, 
iad  spreads  sweet  comfort  round. 


CHRISTMAS    SE  ASON. 

Here  pardon,  life,  and  joys  divine, 

In  rich  effusion  flow, 
For  guilty  rebels  lost  in  sin. 

And  doomed  to  endless  woe. 

The  Almighty  Former  of  the  skies 

Stooped  to  our  vile  abode; 
While  angels  viewed  with  wondering  eyea, 

And  hailed  the  incarnate  God. 

Oh  I  the  rich  depths  of  love  divine  I 

Of  bliss  a  boundless  store ! 
Dear  Saviour,  let  me  call  Thee  mine; 

I  cannot  wish  for  more. 

m 

On  Thee  alone  my  hope  relies, 

Beneath  Thy  cross  I  fall ; 
My  Lord,  my  Life,  my  SacrifiM, 

My  Saviour,  and  mj  AH. 


CHR  T3T  MAS.  55 


CHRISTMAS. 

PSALM  XCVIII. 


6<.9pd:  St.  John  i.  1-14  ■>  St.  Luke  ii.  1-29. 
Epistle:  Ueb.  i.  1-12         S  Phil.  ii.  5-11. 

4  LMIGHTY  and  everlasting  God,  who  hast 
"^  given  us  Thy  only  begotten  Son  to  take  our 
nature  upon  Him,  and  as  at  this  time  to  be  bora 
of  a  pure  virgin ;  grant  that  we,  being  regene- 
rate and  made  Thy  children  by  adoption  and 
grace,  may  daily  be  renewed  by  Thy  Holy  Spirit 
after  the  image  of  this  same  blessed  and  glorious 
Christ:  who  liveth  and  reigneth  with  Thee  and 
the  Holy  Ghost,  ever  one  God,  world  withou.t 
end.     Amen. 


15.  THE   BIRTH   OF   CHRIST.        8s  &  1s 

HARK!  what  mean  those  holy  voices, 
Sweetly  sounding  through  the  skiee, 
Lo !  th'  angelic  host  rejoices, 
Heav'nly  hallelujahs  rise. 

Listen  to  the  wondrous  story. 

Which  they  chant  in  hymns  of  joy ; 
"Glory  in  the  highest,  glory! 
Glory  be  to  God  most  high! 
6 


66  CHRISTMAS    SEASON. 

*'  Peace  on  earth,   good  will  from  heav'ix. 
Reaching  far  as  man  is  found ; 
Souls  redeemed,   and  sins  forgiven, 
Loud  our  golden  harps  shall  sound. 

••  Christ  is  born,  the  great  Anointed, 
Heav'n  and  earth  His  praises  sing  1 
0  receive  whom  God  appelated 

For  your  Prophet,  Priest,  and  King! 

**  Hasten,  mortals,  to  adore  Him, 

Learn  His  name,   and  taste  His  joy, 
Till  in  heav'n  ye  sing  before  Him, 
•  Glory  be  to  God  most  high ! ' " 


16.  CHRISTMAS  HYMN.       11 S  &  10ft. 

HAIL  the  blest  morn!   when  the  great   Me- 
diator 
Down  from  the  regions  of  glory  descends  ! 
Shepherds,  go  worship  the  babe  in  the  manger; 
Lo  !  for  your  guide,  the  bright  Angel  attends 

Cold  on  His  cradle  the  dew-drops  are  shining. 
Low  lies  His  head  with  the  beasts  of  the  stall. 

Angels  adore  Him,  in  slumbers  reclining. 
Maker,  and  Monarch,  and  Saviour  of  all. 

Say  shall  we  yield  Him  in  costly  devotion 

Odors  of  Eden,  and  off 'rings  divine, 
Gems  from  the  mountain,  and  pearls  from  th« 
ocean, 
ftlyrrh  from    the   forest,   and  gold  from  the 
mine  ? 


CHRISTMAS.  67 

Vainly  we  offer  each  ample  oblation, 
Vainly  with  gold  would  His  favor  secure ; 

Richer  by  far  is  the  heart's  adoration, 

Dearer  to  God  are  the  prayers  of  the  poor. 

Brightest  and  best  of  the  sons  of  the  morning! 

Dawn  on  our  darkness  and  lend  us  Thine  ail ; 
Star  of  the  East,  the  horizon  adorning, 

Guide  where  our  infant  Redeemer  is  laid. 


17.  THE  STAR  OF  BETHLEHEM.  L.  M. 

WHEN  marshalled  on  the  nightly  plain, 
The  glittering  host  bestud  the  sky, 
One  star  alone  of  all  the  train, 

Can  fix  the  sinner's  wandering  eye. 

Hark !  hark !  to  God  the  chorus  breaks, 
From  every  host,   from  every  gem ; 

But  one  alone,  the  Saviour,   speaks  — 
It  is  the  Star  of  Bethlehem. 

Once  on  the  raging  seas  I  rode. 

The  storm  was  loud,  the  night  was  dark, 
The  ocean  yawned,   and  rudely  blow'd 

The  wind  that  tossed  my  foundering  bark. 

Deep  horror  then  my  vitals  froze. 

Death-struck,  I  ceased  the  tide  to  stem  j 

When  suddenly  a  Star  arose  — 
It  was  the  Star  of  Bethlehem. 

It  was  my  guide,  my  light,  my  all; 

It  bade  my  dark  forebodings  cease ; 
And  through  the  storm,  and  dangex''s  thrall, 

It  led  me  to  the  port  of  peace. 


68  CHRISTMAS    SEASON. 

No-w,  safely  moored  —  my  perils  o'er, 
I  '11  sing,  first  in  night's  diadem, 

Forever  and  forevermore, 

The  Star— the  Star  of  Bethlehem. 


18.  NATIVITY   OF  CHRIST.  C     M 

^T^HILE    shepherds  watched  their  flocks   •■j 
»»  night, 

All  seated  on  the  ground, 
The  angel  of  the  Lord  came  down, 
And  glory  shone  around. 

'Tear  not,"  said  he,  for  mighty  dread 

Had  seized  their  troubled  mind; 
*'  Glad  tidings  of  great  joy  I  bring 

To  you  and  all  mankind. 

•*  To  you,  in  David's  town,  this  day, 

Is  born  of  David's  line, 
The  Saviour,  who  is  Christ  the  Lord  ; 

And  this  shall  be  the  sign : 

♦The  heavenly  Babe  you  there  shall  find. 
To  human  view  displayed,  » 

All  meanly  wrapped  in  swaddling  ban-Is, 
And  in  a  manger  laid." 


Thus  spake  the  seraph,  and  forthwith 
Appeared  a  shining  throng 

Of  angels  praising  God,  who  thus 
Addressed  their  joyful  song: 


CHRISTM  AS.  ©9 

"All  glory  be  to  God  on  high, 

And  to  the  earth  be  peace ; 
Good  will,  henceforth,  from  heaven  to  men. 

Begin  and  never  cease." 


19,  JOY  FOR  THE  INCARNATION.  Ts. 

HARK!  the  herald  angels  sing, 
Glory  to  the  new-born  King  1 
Peace  on  earth  and  mercy  mild, 
God  and  sinners  reconciled. 

Joyful,  all  ye  nations  rise, 
Join  the  triumphs  of  the  skies; 
Hail  the  heaven-born  Prince  of  Peace  1 
Hail  the  Sun  of  Righteousness ! 

Mild  He  lays  His  glories  by ; 
Born  that  men  no  more  might  die; 
Born  to  raise  the  sons  of  earth ; 
Born  to  give  them  second  birth. 

Come!  Desire  of  Nations  !  come, 
Fix  in  us  Thy  humble  home : 
Thou,  the  woman's  promised  Seed, 
Bruise  in  us  the  serpent's  head. 

Glory  to  the  new-born  King! 
Let  us  all  the  anthem  sing, 
Peace  on  earth,   and  mercy  mild, 
God  and  sinners  reconciled! 


7C  CHRISTMAS    SEASON, 


ST.  STEPHEN'S  DAY. 

(FIRST    DAY    AFTER    CHRISTMAS.) 

Goapel:   St.  Matt,  xxiii.  34-39. 
Epistle:  Acts  \i.  8  —  vii.  60. 

[The  Festival  of  St.  Stephen,  the  first  martyr,  Is  eel* 
braied  on  the  first  day  alter  Christmas,  to  symbolize  the 
idea  that  the  terrestrial  birth  of  our  Saviour  is  immediately 
followed  by  the  death,  that  is,  the  celestial  birth,  of  His 
martyrs.] 

A  S  we  honor,  on  this  day,  0  Lord  God,  the 
"^  memory  of  Thy  blessed  martyr,  St.  Stephen ; 
grant  unto  us  grace,  we  beseech  Thee,  to  follow 
his  faith  and  charity  ;  that,  however  sorely  tried 
by  the  contradiction  of  sinners,  we  may  be  able, 
like  him,  to  look  steadfastly  up  into  heaven,  and 
to  commend  even  our  enemies  to  the  pardoning 
mercy  of  our  only  Mediator  and  Advocate,  Jesua 
Christ:  to  whom,  with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost, 
be  honor  and  glory,  world  without  end.     Amen, 


20.  HOLY  FORTITUDE.  C.  M. 

AM  I  a  soldier  of  the  cross, 
A  foU'wer  of  the  Lamb? 
And  shall  I  fear  to  own  His  cause. 
Or  blush  to  speak  His  name? 


ST,     STEPHENS     DAY. 

Must  I  be  carried  to  the  skies, 

On  flow'ry  beds  of  ease, 
While  others  fought  to  win  the  prize, 

And  sail'd  through  bloody  seas? 

Are  there  no  foes  for  me  to  face? 

Must  I  not  stem  the  flood? 
Is  this  vile  world  a  friend  to  grace, 

To  help  me  on  to  God? 

Sure  I  must  fight,  if  I  would  reign ; 

Increase  my  courage.   Lord ! 
I'll  bear  the  toil,  endure  the  pain, 

Supported  by  Thy  word. 

Thy  saints,  in  all  this  glorious  war, 
Shall  conquer,   though  they  die ; 

They  see  the  triumph  from  afar, 
And  seize  it  with  their  eye. 

When  that  illustrious  day  shall  rise, 

And  all  Thy  armies  shine 
In  robes  of  vict'ry  through  the  skies, 

The  glory  shall  be  Thine. 


72.  CHRISTMAS    SEASOV. 

ST.  JOHN  THE  EVANGELIST'S  DAY. 

(SECOND   DAY  AFTER  CHRISTMAS.) 

Gospd:  St.  John  xxi.  19-24. 
Epistle:  IJohn  i.  1-10. 

[The  Festival  of  St.  John  is  cplebrated  on  the  second  day 
after  Christma.s,  because  he  was  the  bosom  friend  of  Jesus, 
sad  has  most  fully  unfolded  the  mystery  of  the  Word  made 
fli-sb  for  our  salvatiou.] 

CHINE  graciously  upon  Thy  Churcli,  we  be- 
seech  Thee,  0  Lord;  that,  being  enlightened 
by  the  doctrine  and  filled  with  the  mind  of  Thy 
blessed  Apostle  ana  Evangelist,  Saint  John, 
whom  Jesus  loved,  it  may  come  at  last  into  Thy 
beatific  presence  aud  enjoy  the  rewards  of  ever- 
lasting life:  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord,  who 
liveth  and  reigneth  with  Thee  and  the  Holy 
Ghost,  ever  one  God,  world  without  end.   Amen. 


21,  LO'^E  TO  GOD.  C.  P.   M. 

OLOVE  divine,  how  sweet  thou  arti 
When  shall  I  find  my  willing  heart 
All  taken  up  by  thee  ? 
I  thirst,  and  faint,  and  die  to  prove 
The  greatness  of  redeeming  love  : 
The  love  of  Christ  in  me. 


ST.    JOHN^SJDAY.  7J 

O  that  I  could,  with  favor'd  John, 
Recline  my  weary  head  upon 

The  dear  Redeemer's  breast ! 
From  care,  and  sin,   and  sorrow  free, 
Give  me,  ()  Lord,  to  find  in  Thee 

My  everlasting  rest. 


Only  Thy  love  do  I  require, 
Nothing  on  earth  below  desire. 

But  this  in  heaven  above : 
Let  earth,  and  heaven,  and  all  things  go, 
Give  me  Thy  only  love  to  kuow, 

Impart  to  me  Thy  love. 


22.  THE   LOVE   OF  GOD.  8s  &  Ts. 


LOVE  divine,  all  love  excellincr, 
Joy  of  heaven,  to  earth  comp  down  I 
Fix  in  us  Thy  humble  dwelling. 
All  Thy  faithful  mercies  crown. 


Jesus !  Thou  art  all  compassion. 
Pure  unbounded  love  Thou  art; 

Visit  us  with  Thy  salvation. 
Enter  every  trembling  heart. 

Breathe,  0  breathe  Thy  loving  Spirit  ^ 
Into  every  troubled  breast ! 

Let  us  all  in  Thee  inherit. 

Let  us  find  Thy  promised  rest. 


74  CHRISTMAS    SEASON. 

Come,  Almighty  to  deliver. 

Let  us  all  Thy  grace  receive ; 

Suddenly  return,   aiid  never. 
Never  more  Thy  temples  leave! 

Finish  then  Thy  new  creation, 
Pure  and  spotless  may  we  be  ; 

Let  us  see  our  whole  salvation 
Perfectly  secured  by  Thee ! 

Changed  from  glory  into  glory, 

Till  in  heaven  we  take  our  placp; 

Till  we  cast  our  crowns  before  Thee, 
Lost  in  wonder,  love,  and  praiae. 


THE    INNOCENTS^     DAT.  75 

THE  INNOCENTS'  DAY. 

(THIRD  DAY  AFTER  CHRISTMAS.) 

Gospel:  St  Matt.  ii.  13-18. 
Epistle:  Rev.  xiT.  1-5. 

[This  Festival,  in  mpmory  of  the  glaughtered  infants,  is 
e*>lebrated  on  the  third  day  after  Christmas.  Martyrdom 
was  regarded  by  the  ancient  Church  as  a  heavenly  birth. 
Hence,  the  day  of  St.  Stephen,  martyr  both  in  will  and  in 
fact,  of  St.  John,  martyr  ia  will,  though  not  in  fact,  and  of 
the  Holy  Innocents,  martyrs  in  fact,  though  not  in  will, 
follow  immediately  after  Christmas.] 

A  GOD,  who  out  of  the  mouths  of  babes  and 
^  sucklings  hast  ordained  strength,  and  whose 
praise  the  slaughtered  infants  of  Bethlehem  pro- 
claimed, not  by  speaking,  but  by  dying;  mortify 
and  kill  in  us,  we  beseech  Thee,  all  •vil  propen- 
sities and  wrong  desires,  and  so  strengthen  us  by 
Thy  grace,  that  the  same  holy  faith,  which  we 
own  with  our  tongues,  we  may  confess  also  by 
*,he  innocency  of  our  lives :  to  the  glory  of  Thy 
great  name,  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.  Amen. 


23.  THE  INFANT  MARTYRS.  8s  &  Ts. 

JESUS,  Holy  Child  from  Heaven, 
Thou  for  children  wast  a  child ; 
Infant  Martyrs  gathered  round  Thee, 
And,  unconscious,  for  Thee  died. 

Not  by  speaking,   but  by  dying. 
Slaughtered  babes  proclaim  Thy  praise. 


76  CHRISTMAS     SEASON. 

Hail !  sweet  band  of  lovely  infants, 

Welcoming  the  Holy  Child ; 
First-fruits  of  His  martyr  glory, 

Innocent,  and  meek,  and  mild. 
Not  by  willing,  but  by  dying, 

They  gave  up  their  all  for  Thee. 

Though  too  young  to  know  or  choose  Thee, 
They  were  chosen,  Lord,  by  Thee ; 

Saved  and  blest  by  grace  brought  near  them, 
Though  that  grace  they  could  not  see. 

Not  by  choosing,  but  by  dying, 
They  became  for  ever  Thine. 

Prophets — yes,  they  preached  by  suffering: 
Priests  —  themselves  the  sacrifice; 

Kings  —  by  bloody  tyrants  furthered, 
They  to  crowns  and  glory  rise. 
N^  by  living,  but  by  dying. 
They  the  life  eternal  won! 

Jesus,  Holy  Child  from  heaven. 
Who  for  children  wast  a  child ; 

Lambs  upon  Thine  Altar  lying, 
Make  us  humble,  meek,  and  mild. 

That  in  living,  and  in  dying, 
We  may  evermore  be  Thina 


SUNDAY    AFTER    CHRISTMAS.       77 


SUNDAY  APTEE  CHRISTMAS. 

PSALM  CXXI. 

Gospel.   St.  Matt  i.  18-25  -^  St.  Luke  ii.  23-35. 
EpistU.    Gal.  iv.  1-7  J  1  John  iv.  1-10. 

lyrOST  merciful  God,  who  hast  so  loved  the 
^^  world  as  to  give  Thine  only  begotten  Son, 
that  whosoever  believeth  in  Him  should  not  per- 
ish, but  have  everlasting  life ;  vouchsafe  unto  us, 
we  humbly  pray  Thee,  the  precious  gift  of  faith, 
whereby  we  may  know  that  the  Son  of  God  is 
come,  and  being  always  rooted  and  grounded  in 
the  mystery  of  the  Word  made  flesh,  may  have 
power  to  overcome  the  world,  and  gain  the  blessed 
immortality  of  heaven :  through  the  merits  of  this 
same  incarnate  Christ,  who  liveth  and  reigneth 
with  Thee,  in  the  unity  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  ever 
one  God,  world  without  end.     Amen. 


24.  L.  M 

THE   HYMN  OF  THE   TIRGIN   MARY.' 

MY  soul  doth  magnify  the  Lord, 
^ly  spirit  hath  its  rich  reward ; 
In  God,  my  Saviour,  I  rejoice. 
With  joyful  and  exulting  voice. 


79  CHRISTMAS     SEASON. 

With  favor  He  hath  looked  on  me, 

In  lowliest  humility ; 

All  generations,  'tis  confessed, 

Shall  henceforth  join  to  call  me  blessed. 

To  me  great  things  the  Lord  hath  done  — 
Great  things  wrought  He,  the  Mighty  One  I 
To  me,  His  choicest  favor  came, 
Forever  holy  be  His  name. 

To  all  who  walk  in  humble  fear 
His  mercy  is  forever  near; 
And  to  their  generations  too, 
He  proves  His  grace  and  mercy  true. 

Great  strength  hath  shown  his  mighty  arm; 
The  proud  are  scattered  with  alarm. 
The  lowliest  raised  above  them  all, 
Their  vain  imaginations  fall. 

The  mighty  ones  He  hath  put  down, 
And  on  the  humble  placed  the  crown: 
The  hungry  fed  from  day  to  day, 
And  empty  sent  the  rich  away. 

His  ancient  servant,  Israel, 

His  mercy  hath  remembered  well; 

To  Abram's  seed  forever  true, 

All  that  He  spake  the  Lord  will  do. 


25.  THE   NAME   OF  JESUS.  C.   M. 

HOW  sweet  the  name  of  Jesus  sounds 
In  a  believer's  ear! 
It  soothes  his  sorrows,  heals  his  wounds. 
And  drives  away  his  fear. 


SUNDAY     AFTER     CHRISTMAS.        79 

It  makes  the  wounded  spirit  -whole, 
And  calms  the  troubled  breast; 

'T  is  manna  to  the  hungry  soul, 
And  to  the  weary  rest. 


Dear  name  !  the  rock  on  which  I  build, 
My  shield  and  hiding-place  ; 

My  never-failing  treas'ry,  fiU'd 
With  boundless  stores  of  grace. 

Jesus !  my  Shepherd,  Husband,  Friend, 
My  Prophet,   Priest,   and  King, 

My  Lord,  my  Life,  my  Way,  my  End, 
Accept  the  praise  I  bring. 

Weak  is  the  effort  of  my  heart, 
And  cold  my  warmest  thought; 

But  when  I  see  Thee  as  Thou  art, 
I  '11  praise  Thee  as  I  ought. 


Till  then  I  would  Thy  love  proclaim 
With  ev'ry  fleeting  breath  ; 

And  may  the  music  of  Thy  name 
Refresh  my  soul  in  death. 


26.  GLORY  TO  THE  LAMB.  C.   M. 

JESUS,  with  all  Thy  saints  above, 
My  tongue  would  bear  her  part ; 
Would  sound  aloud  Thy  saving  love, 
And  sing  Thy  bleeding  heart. 


80  CHRISTMAS    SEASON. 

Bless'd  be  the  Lamb,  my  dearest  Lord, 
Who  bought  me  with  His  blood, 

And  quench'd  His  Father's  flaming  swori 
In  His  own  vital  flood: 

The  Lamb  that  freed  my  captive  soul 
From  Satan's  heavy  chains, 

And  sent  the  lion  dovsrn  to  howl 
Where  hell  and  horror  reigns. 

All  glory  to  the  djnng  Lamb 

And  never-ceasing  praise. 
Where  angels  live  to  know  His  name, 

Or  Bainis  to  feel  Hb  graoa. 


CIRCUMCISION    or    CHRIST  H 


THE  CIKCUMCISION  OF  CHRIST. 

NEW   YEAR'S   DAY. 

PSALM   CXXII. 

Grspel:  St.  Luke  ii.  15-21  )   Psalms  xc. 
EpisUe:  Col.  ii.  8-17  i   Heb.  xi.  8-16. 

A  LMIGHTY  and  most  merciful  God,  by  whose 
-^  -will  Thy  well-beloved  Son,  the  Saviour  of 
the  world,  was  circumcised  in  His  spotless  flesh. 
to  put  honor  on  the  law  which  He  had  come  to 
fulfil;  grant  unto  us,  we  beseech  Thee,  the  true 
circumcision  of  the  spirit,  whereby  being  inwardly 
purged  from  all  worldly  and  carnal  lusts,  we  may 
offer  ourselves  unto  Thee  a  living  sacrifice,  holy 
and  acceptable  through  Jesus  Christ:  to  whom, 
with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  honor  and 
glory,  world  without  end.     Amen. 


27.  THE  SAYIOUR  OF  INFANTS.  C.  "M 

JESUS.  I  see  a  thousand  charms 
Spread  o'er  Thy  lovely  face, 
"While  infants  in  Thy  tender  arms 
Receive  Thy  smiling  grace. 


82  CHRISTMAS    SEASON. 

<'I  take  these  little  lambs,"  said  He, 
"And  lay  them  on  my  breast ; 
Protection  they  shall  find  in  me, 
In  me  be  ever  blest. 


Death  may  the  bands  of  life  unloose. 
But  can't  dissolve  my  love  : 

Millions  of  infant  souls  compose 
The  family  above." 


Thy  words  the  happy  parents  hear, 
And  shout  with  joys  divine: 

Dear  Saviour,  all  we  have  and  are. 
Shall  be  forever  Thine. 


28.  INFANT  BAPTISM.  S.    M. 

TO  Him  who  children  blest, 
And  suflFered  them  to  come  — 
To  Him  who  took  them  to  His  breast, 
"We  bring  these  children  home. 


To  Thee,  0  God,  whose  face 

Their  angels  always  see, 
We  bring  them,  praying  that  Thy  graot 

May  bind  their  souls  to  Thee. 


And  as  this  water  falls 

On  each  unconscious  brow, 

Lord,  let  Thy  Holy  Spirit  seal 
The  sacramental  vow. 


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29,  NEW  YEAR'S  HYMN.  L.    M. 

GREAT  God,  we  sing  that  mighty  hand 
By  which  supported,  still  we  staad  ; 
The  op'ning  year  Thy  mercy  shows, 
Let  mercy  crown  it  till  it  close. 

By  day,  by  night,  at  home,  abroad. 
Still  we  are  guarded  by  our  Uod ; 
By  His  incessant  bounty  fed. 
By  His  unerring  counsel  led. 

With  grateful  hearts  the  past  we  own; 
The  future,   all  to  us  unknown, 
We  to  Thy  guardian  care  comm-it, 
An.l  peaceful  leave  before  Thy  feet. 

In  scenes  exalted  or  depress'd, 
Be  Thou  our  joy,  and  Thou  our  rest; 
Thy  goodness  all  our  hope  shall  raise, 
Ador'd  through  all  our  changing  days. 

When  death  shall  inteirupt  these  songs. 
And  seal  in  silence  mortal  tongues, 
Our  helper,  God,  in  whom  we  trust, 
In  better  worlds,  our  souls  shall  boast. 


30.       GOD'S  INFINITY  AND  OUR  VANITY.    CM. 

GREAT  God  !  how  infinite  art  Thou  I 
What  worthless  worms  are  we  I 
Let  the  whole  race  of  creatures  bow, 
And  pay  their  praise  to  Thee. 


84  CHRISTMAS    SEASON. 

Thy  throne  eternal  ages  stood, 

Ere  seas  or  stars  were  made; 
Thou  art  the  ever  living  God, 

Were  all  the  nations  dead. 

Eternity,  with  all  its  years, 

Stands  present  in  Thy  view ; 
To  Thee,  there  's  nothing  old  appears; 

Great  God  I  there's  nothing  new. 

Our  lives  through  various  scenes  are  drawn. 
And  vexed  with  trifling  cares, 

^Yhile  Thine  eternal  thought  moves  on 
Thine  undisturbed  aflFairs. 

Great  God!  how  infinite  art  Thou! 

What  worthless  worms  are  we ! 
Let  the  whole  race  of  creatures  bow, 

And  pay  their  praise  to  Thee. 

31.  THE  SONG  OF  SIMEON.  L.  M 

NOW  lettest  Thou,  with  sweet  release. 
Thy  servant,  Lord,  depart  in  peace. 
Thy  promises  my  soul  hath  heard ; 
Be  it  according  to  Thy  word. 

Mine  eyes  have  Thy  salvation  seen, 
No  typic  clouds  now  intervene ; 
Thou  hast  prepared,  before  all  eyes. 
The  way  to  glory,  and  the  skies. 

Lo !  Gentiles  in  their  gloom  and  night, 

Behold  with  joy  the  rising  light; 

And  Israel  hails  the  glorious  birth 

Of  grace  from  heaven,  and  peace  on  earth. 


THE    EPIPHANY.  85 

THE   EPIPHANY, 

JANUARY   6th. 

PSALM  LXXII. 

Gospel:  St. Matt  ii.  1-12  i  Is.  Ix.  1-15. 
EpisOe :  Eph.  iii.  1-12        1  Rom.  xv.  8-12. 

[The  Epiphany,  or  Manifestntion  of  Christ  to  the  OeO' 
tikjs,  is  celebrated  on  the  sixth  day  of  January.] 

f\  GOD,  who  by  the  leading  of  a  star  didst  mani- 
^  fest  Thy  only-begotten  Son  to  the  Gentiles  ; 
mercifully  grant  that  we  who  have  now  come  to 
know  Thee  here  by  faith,  may  be  conducted  to 
the  full  vision  of  Thy  glory  hereafter  in  heaven : 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord,  who  liveth  and 
reigneth  with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  ever  one 
God,  world  without  end.     Amen. 


32.  MANIFESTATION  OF  CHRIST.  L.  M. 

THE  Lord  is  come;  the  heavens  proclaim 
His  birth  ;   the  nations  learn  His  name: 
An  unknown  star  directs  the  road 
Of  eastern  sages  to  their  God. 

All  ye  bright  armies  of  the  skies. 
Go,  worship  where  the  Saviour  lies: 
Angels  and  kings  before  Him  bow, 
Those  gods  on  high,  and  gods  below. 


86  THE    EPIPH  ANT. 

Let  idcls  totter  to  the  ground, 
And  their  own  worshippers  confound; 
But  Zion  shall   His  glories  sing, 
And  earth  confess  her  sovereign  King. 

33.  CHRIST  AMONG  THE  GENTILES.       L    >1 

JESUS  shall  reign  where'er  the  sun 
Does  his  successive  journeys  run ; 
Ilis  kingdom  stretch  from  shore  to  shore 
Till  moons  shall  wax  and  wane  no  more. 

Frott.  north  to  south  the  princes  meet, 
To  pay  their  homage  at  His  feet, 
While  western  empires  own  their  Lord, 
And  savage  tribes  attend  His  word. 

For  Him  shall  endless  pray'r  be  made, 
>  And  endless  praises  crown  His  head ; 
His  name,  like  sweet  perfume,  shall  rise 
With  ev'ry  morning  sacrifice. 

People  and  realms  of  ev'ry  tongue 
Dwell  on  His  love  with  sweetest  song; 
And  infant  voices  shall  proclaim 
Their  early  blessings  on  His  name. 

I5lessings  abound  where'er  He  reigns ; 
The  joyful  pris'ner  bursts  His  chains. 
The  weary  find  eternal  rest, 
And  all  the  sons  of  want  are  blest. 

Where  He  displays  His  healing  pow'r, 
Death  and  the  curse  are  known  no  m(  re ; 
In  Him  the  tribes  of  Adam  boast 
More  blessings  than  their  father  lost 


THE    EPIPHANY,  11 

Let  ev'ry  creature  rise  and  bring 
Peculiar  honors  to  our  King: 
Angels  descend  with  songs  again, 
And  earth  repeat  the  loud   Ameu. 


34.  MISSIONS.  L.  ^] 

BEHOLD  th'  expected  time  draw  near, 
The  shades  disperse,  the  dawn  appear; 
Behold  the  wilderness  assume 
The  beauteous  tints  of  Eden's  bloom. 

The  untaught  heathen  waits  to  know 
The  joy  the  gospel  will  bestow; 
The  exil'd  captive,  to  receive 
The  freedom  Jesus  has  to  give. 

Come,  let  us  with  a  grateful  heart 
In  the  blest  labor  share  a  part ; 
Our  pray'rs  and  off'rings  gladly  bring 
To  aid  the  triumphs  of  our  King. 

Invite  the  world  to  come  and  prove 
A  Saviour's  condescending  love  ; 
And  humbly  fall  before   His  feet, 
Assur'd  they  shall  acceptance  meet. 


35,  MISSIONARY  HYMN.  7s  (fc  6t 

FROM  Greenland's  icy  mountains, 
From  India's  coral  strand ; 
Where  Afric's  sunny  fountains 
Roll  down  their  golden  sand; 


B8"  THE    EPIPHANY. 

From  many  an  ancient  river, 
From  many  a  palmy  plain, 

They  call  us  to  deliver 

Tlieir  land  from  error's  chain. 

What,  though  the  spicy  breezes 

Blow  soft  o'er  Ceylon's  isle. 
Though  every  prospect  pleases, 

And  only  man  is  vile ; 
In  vain  vrith  lavish  kindness 

The  gifts  of  God  are  strown  ; 
The  heathen,  in  his  blindness, 

Bows  down  to  wood  and  stone. 

Shall  we,  whose  souls  are  lighted 

"With  wisdom  from  on  high; 
Shall  we,   to  men  benighted, 

The  lamp  of  life  deny? 
Salvation  !   0  salvation  ! 

The  joyful  sound  proclaim. 
Till  earth's  remotest  nation 

Has  learned  Messiah's  name. 

Waft,  waft,  ye  winds,  His  storj, 

And  you,  ye  waters,  roll, 
Till,  like  a  sea  of  glory. 

It  spreads  from  pole  to  pole; 
Till  o'er  our  ransomed  nature, 

The  Lamb  for  sinners  slaia, 
Redeemar    King,  Creator, 

In  bliss  returns  to  reign 


FIRST    SUNDAY  AFTER   EPIPHANT. 


FIRST   SUNDAY   AFTER   THE 
EPIPHANY. 

PSALM  C. 

Oospel:   St.  Luke  ii.  41-52  /  St.  Matt.  iii.  13-17. 
Episile:  Kom.  xii.  1-5  »  Kom.  vi.  &-il 

"OECEIVE,  0  Lord,  with  compassionate  kind- 
ness,  the  prayers  of  Thy  suppliant  people, 
and  bestow  upon  them  plenteously  the  aids  of 
Thy  heavenly  grace ;  that  tliey  may  both  know 
what  things  they  ought  to  do,  and  be  strong  also 
to  do  what  they  know  :  through  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord,  who  liveth  and  reigneth  with  Thee  and  the 
Holy  Ghost,  ever  one  God,  world  without  end. 
Ame7i. 


36.  C.  M. 

CURIST,  THE  WAY,  THE  TRUTH,  AND  THB  LIFli 

THOU  art  the  way  — to  Thee  alone 
From  sin  and  death  we  flee  ; 
And  he  who  would  the  Father  seek, 
Must  seek  Him,  Lord,  by  Thee. 

Thou  art  the  truth  —  Thy  word  alone 

True  wisdom  can  impai-t ; 
Thou  only  canst  inform  the  mind, 

And  purify  the  heart. 


90  THE    EPIPHANY. 

Thou  art  the  life  —  the  rending  tomb 
Proclaims  Thy  conqu'ring  arm; 

And  those  who  put  their  trust  in  Thee, 
Nor  death  nor  hell  shall  harm. 

Thou  art  the  way,  the  truth,  the  lite, 
Grant  us  that  way  to  know, 

That  truth  to  keep,  that  life  to  win, 
Whose  joys  eternal  flow. 


37.  HOSANNA  TO  CHRIST.  C.  M 

HOSANNA  to  the  royal  Soa 
Of  David's  ancient  line! 
His  natures  two.   His  person  one, 
Mysterious  and  divine. 

The  root  of  David,  here  we  find, 

And  offspring  is  the  same; 
Eternity  and  time  are  joined 

In  our  Immanuel's  name. 

Blest  He  that  comes  to  wretched  men, 
With  peaceful  news  from  heaven; 

Hosannas  of  the  highest  strain 
To  Christ  the  Lord  be  given. 

Let  mortals  ne'er  refuse  to  take 
The  hosanna  on  their  tongues. 

Lest  rocks  and  stones  should  rise  and  break 
Their  silence  into  songs. 


SECOND   SUNDAY   AFTER   EPIPHANY.     91 


SECOND    SUNDAY   AFTER    THE 
EPIPHANY. 

PSALM   LXVL 

Oospel:   St.  John  ii.  1-11  ;  St.  Luke  ir.  1-13. 

Epistle:  Rom.  xii.  &-16       i   Ueb.  ii.  14-18. 

(  \  GOD,  the  Fountain  of  all  truth  and  grace, 
^  who  hast  called  us  out  of  darkness  into 
marvellous  light  by  the  glorious  gospel  of  Thy 
Son;  grant  unto  us  power,  we  beseech  Thee,  to 
walk  worthy  of  this  vocation,  with  all  lowliness 
and  meekness,  endeavoring  to  keep  the  unity  of 
the  spirit  in  the  bond  of  peace ;  that  we  may 
have  our  fruit  unto  holiness,  and  the  end  ever- 
lasting life:  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 
Amen. 


38.    CHRIST'S  PRESENCE  IN  HIS  CHURCH.    C   M 

ABIDE  among  us  with  Thy  grace, 
Lord  Jesus,  ever  more; 
Nor  let  us  e'er  to  sin  give  place, 
Nor  grieve  Him  we  adore. 

Abide  among  us  with  Thy  word, 

Redeemer  whom  we  love  : 
Thy  help  and  mercy  here  afford, 

And  life  with  Thee  above. 


92  THE    EPIPHANY. 

Abide  among  us  with  Thy  ray, 
0  Light  that  lighten'st  all ; 

And  let  Thy  truth  preserve  our  way, 
Nor  suffer  us  to  fall. 


Abide  with  us  to  bless  us  still, 
0  bounteous  Lord  of  peace  ; 

With  grace  and  power  our  souls  fulfil, 
Our  faith  and  love  increase. 


Abide  among  us  as  our  shield, 

0  Captain  of  Thy  host ; 
That  to  the  world  we  may  not  yield. 

Nor  e'er  forsake  our  post. 

Abide  with  us  in  faithful  love, 
Our  God  and  Saviour  be ; 

Thy  help  at  need,  oh !  let  us  prove. 
And  keep  us  true  to  Thee. 


39.  THE  PRECIOUSNESS  OF  JESUS       C   >1 

JESUS,  the  very  thought  of  Thee 
With  sweetness  fills  my  breast ; 
But  sweeter  far  Thy  face  to  see, 
Aad  in  Thy  presence  rest. 

Nor  voice  can  sing,  nor  heart  can  frame. 

Nor  can  the  memory  find, 
A  sweeter  sound  than  Thy  blest  name, 

0  Saviour  of  mankind  1 


iCOND    SUNDAY   ATTER   EPIPHANY.     93 

0  hope  of  every  contrite  heart, 

0  joy  of  all  the  meek, 
To  those  who  fall,  how  kind  Thou  art  I 

How  good  to  those  who  seek  I 

But  what  to  those  who  find  ?  ah  !  thia 
Nor  tongue,  nor  pen  can  show  ; 

The  love  of  Jesus,  what  it  is, 
None  but  His  loved  ones  know. 


Jesus,  our  only  joy  be  Thou, 
As  Thou  our  prize  will  be ; 

Jesus,  be  Thou  our  glory  noW| 
Aud  through  eteroitj. 


W  THE    EPIPHANY, 


THIRD    SUNDAY    AFTER   THE 
EPIPHANY. 

PSAL31  XCVI. 

Gorpd:    St.  Matt.  viii.  1-11    )  St.  Mark  i.  14-22. 
Epistlt:  Rom.  xii.  17-21         I   1  Cor.  i.  17-25. 

A  LMIGHTY  and  everlasting  God,  look  merci- 
•^^  fully,  we  beseech  Thee,  upon  our  great 
weakness;  and  in  the  midst  of  the  manifold 
trials  and  dangers  which  beset  us  on  all  sides, 
stretch  forth  the  right  hand  of  Thy  majesty  for 
our  protection  and  help:  through  Jesus  Chrii^t 
our  Saviour,  who  liveth  and  reigneth  with  Thee 
and  the  Holy  Ghost,  ever  one  God,  world  without 
end.     Amen, 


40.  THE  LOVE  OF   CHRIST.  C     M 

MAJESTIC  sweetness  sits  enthroned 
Upon  the  Saviour's  brow ; 
His  head  with  radiant  glories  crowned, 
His  lips  with  grace  o'erflow. 

He  saw  me  plunged  in  deep  distress, 

And  flew  to  rny  relief; 
For  me  He  bore  the  shameful  cross, 

And  carried  all  my  grief. 


THIRD    SUNDAY   AFTER    EPIPHANY.      95 

To  Him  I  owe  my  life  and  breath, 

And  all  the  joj's  I  have ; 
He  makes  me  triumph  over  death, 

And  saves  me  from  the  grave. 

To  heaven,  the  place  of  His  abode, 

He  brings  my  weary  feet; 
Shows  me  the  glories  of  my  God, 

And  makes  my  joys  complete. 

Since  from  His  bounty  I  receive 

Such  proofs  of  love  divine ; 
Had  I  a  thousand  lives  to  give. 

Lord,  they  should  all  be  Thine. 


4.1,  THE  GOD  OF  OUR  FATHERS.  C.  M. 

LET  children  hear  the  mighty  deeds 
Which  God  perform'd  of  old. 
Which  in  our  younger  years  vre  saw, 
And  which  our  fathers  told. 

He  bids  us  make  His  glories  knowa, 
His  works  of  power  and  grace, 

And  we  '11  convey  His  wonders  down 
Through  ev'ry  rising  race. 

Our  lips  shall  tell  them  to  our  sons, 

And  they  again  to  theirs, 
That  generations  yet  unborn 

May  teach  them  to  their  heirs. 

Thus  shall  they  learn  in  God  alone 

Their  hope  securely  stands; 
That  they  may  ne'er  forget  His  works, 

But  practise  His  commands. 


M  THEEPIPHANY. 


42.     PRAISE  TO  GOD  FROM  ALL  NATIONS.     L.  M 

FROM  all  that  dwell  below  the  skies 
Let  the  Creator's  praise  arise  ; 
Let  the  Redeemer's  name  be  sung 
Through  ev'ry  land,  by  ev'ry  tongue. 

Eternal  are  Thy  mercies,  Lord, 

Eternal  truth  attends  Thy  word ; 

Thy  praise  shall  sound  from  shore  to  shore, 

Till  suQS  shall  rise  and  set  no  more. 


FOURTH   SUNDAY  AFTER  EPIPHANY.   9T 


FOURTH   SUNDAY   AFTER   THE 
EPIPHANY. 

PSALM  CXVIII. 

Gospd:  St.  Matt.  viii.  23-27  ■>   St.  Luke  ir.  14-24. 
EpistU:  Horn.  xiii.  1-7  i   2  Cor.  It.  1-6. 

A  GOD,  who  hast  founded  the  earth  upon  the 
seas,  and  established  it  upon  the  floods,  and 
whose  word  is  forever  settled  in  heaven ;  grant 
unto  us  grace,  we  beseech  Thee,  to  look  beyond 
the  things  which  are  seen  and  temporal  to  the 
things  which  are  not  seen  and  eternal;  that 
walking  by  faith  more  than  by  sight,  we  may 
not  be  unduly  moved  by  any  occasions  in  this 
world,  but  be  able  to  endure  unto  the  end  in  the 
way  of  life :  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord,  who 
is  the  same  yesterday,  and  to-day,  and  forever. 
Amen. 


43.  PRESERVING  GRACE.  8.  M 

TO  God  the  only  wise. 
Our  Saviour  and  our  King, 
Let  all  the  saints  below  the  skies 
Their  humble  praises  bring. 
7 


THE     EPIPn ANT 

'T  is  His  almighty  love, 

His  counsel  and  His  care, 
Preserves  us  safe  from  sin  and  death, 

And  ev'ry  hurtful  snare. 

He  will  present  our  souls 
Unblemish'd  and  complete, 

Before  the  glory  of  His  face, 
With  joys  divinely  great. 

Then  all  the  chosen  seed 

Shall  meet  around  His  throne, 

Shall  bless  the  conduct  of  His  grace, 
And  make  His  wonders  known. 

To  our  Redeemer,  God, 

Wisdom  and  pow'r  belongs, 

immortal  crowns  of  majesty. 
And  everlasting  songs. 


4-4.        THE  NATION   AND   THE  CHURCH.     (J.  M 

SHINE  on  our  land,   Jehovah,  shine. 
With  beams  of  heav'nly  grace ! 
Reveal  Thy  pow'r  through  all  our  coasts, 
And  show  Thy  smiling  face. 

Here  fix  Thy  throne  exalted  high. 

Here  let  Thy  glory  stancf; 
And  like  a  wall  of  guardian  fire 

Surround  Thy  favorite  land. 

When  shall  Thy  name  from  shore  to  shore 

Sound  all  the  earth  abroad, 
And  distant  nations  know  and  love 

Their  Saviour  and  their  God? 


fOCRTH    SUNDAY    AFTER    EPIPHANY.    99 

Sing  to  the  Lord,  je  distant  lands, 
Sing  loud  with  solemn  voice ; 

Let  thankful  tongues  exalt  His  praise, 
And  thankful  hearts  rejoice. 


Hr,  the  great  Lord,  th'  sov'reign  Judge, 

That  sits  enthroned  above, 
Wisely  commands  the  worlds  He  made, 

In  justice  and  in  love. 

Earth  shall  confess  her  Maker's  hand, 

And  yield  a  full  increase; 
Our  God  will  crown  His  chosen  land 

With  fruitfulness  and  peace. 

God,  the  Redeemer,  scatters  round 

His  choicest  favors  here, 
While  the  creation's  utmost  bound 

Shall  see.  adore,  and  fear. 


SEEKING  GOD.  S    M, 

MY  God,  permit  my  tongue 
This  joy,  to  call  Thee  mme: 
And  let  my  early  cries  prevail 
To  taste  Thy  love  divine. 

My  thirsty  fainting  soul 

Thy  mercy  does  implore ; 
Not  travellers  in  desert  lands 

Can  pant  f)r  water  more. 


100  THE    EPIPHANT. 

Within  Thy  churches,  Lord, 
I  long  to  find  my  place; 

Thy  pow'r  and  glory  to  behold. 
And  feel  Thy  quick'ning  grace 

Since  Thou  hast  been  my  help 
To  Thee  my  spirit  flies ; 

And  on  Thy  watchful  providenee 
My  cheerful  hope  relies. 

The  shadow  of  Thy  wings 
My  soul  in  safety  keeps ; 

I  follow  where  my  Father  leada^ 
And  He  supports  my  steps. 


PIFTH   SUNDAY   AFTER  EriPHANT.    101 


FIFTH    SUNDAY    AFTER   THE 
EPIPHANY. 

PSALM  XLVIII. 

Gospel:  St.  Matt.  xiii.  24-30  )  St.  Matt.  xiii.  1-9. 
£pisil£:  Col.  iii.  12-17  >  1  Pet.  i.  22-25. 

[The  number  of  Sundays  after  the  Epiphany  depends 
upon  the  date  of  Easter,  which  is  a  movable  Feast,  and 
Taries  from  one  to  six.] 

A  LORD,  we  beseech  Thee  to  keep  Thy  Church 
and  household  continually  in  Thy  true  reli- 
gion ;  that  they  who  do  lean  only  on  the  hope  of 
Thy  heavenly  grace,  may  evermore  be  defended 
by  Thy  mighty  power:  through  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord,  who  liveth  and  reigueth  with  Thee  and  the 
Holy  Ghost,  ever  one  God,  world  without  end. 
Amen. 


46,  THE  CHURCH.  L.  M 

SHOUT,  for  the  blessed  Jesus  reigns, 
Thro'  distant  lands  His  triumphs  spread, 
And  sinners,  freed  from  endless  pains. 
Own  Him  their  Saviour  and  their  Head. 

He  calls  His  chosen  from  afar, 
They  all  at  Zion's  gate  arrive; 

Those  who  were  dead  in  sin  before, 
By  sov'reign  grace  were  made  alive. 


102  THE    EPIPHANY. 

Gentiles  and  Jews  His  laws  obey, 
Nations  remote  their  off'rings  bring, 

And  unconstrain'd  their  homage  pay 
To  their  exalted  God  and  King. 

0  may  His  holy  Church  increase. 
His  Word  and  Spirit  still  prevail, 

While  angels  celebrate  His  praise, 
And  saints  His  growing  glories  hail  I 

Loud  hallelujahs  to  the  Lamb, 
From  all  below,   and  all  above; 

In  lofty  songs  exalt  His  name, 
In  songs  as  lasting  as  His  love. 


47.  GROWTH  IN  THE  CHURCH.         L.  M 

LORD,  'tis  a  pleasant  thing  to  stand 
In  gardens  planted  by  Thy  hand ; 
Let  me  within  Thy  courts  be  seen, 
Like  a  young  cedar  fresh  and  green. 

There  grow  Thy  saints  in  faith  and  love, 
Blest  with  Thine  influence  from  above  ; 
Not  Lebanon  with  all  its  trees 
Yields  such  a  comely  sight  as  these. 

The  plants  of  grace  shall  ever  live, 
Nature  decays,   but  grace  must  thrive; 
Time,  that  doth    all  things  else  impair, 
(Still  makes  them  flourish  strong  and  fair. 

Laden  with  fruits  of  age,  they  show 
The  Lord  is  holy,  just,  and  true; 
None  that  attend   His  grace  shall  find 
A  God  unfaithful  or  unkind. 


FIFTH    SUNDAY    AFTER   EPIPHANY.    103 


THE   SAFETY  OF   THE  CHURCH.       S    M 

GREAT  is  the  Lord  our  God, 
And  let  His  praise  be  great; 
He  makes  His  churches  His  abode^ 
His  most  delightful  seat. 


These  temples  of  His  grace, 
How  beautiful  they  stand  I 

The  honors  of  our  native  place, 
And  bulwarks  of  our  land. 


In  Zion  God  is  known 

A  refuge  in  distress; 
How  bright  has  His  salvation  shone  I 

How  fair  His  heavenly  grace  1 

When  kings  against  her  join'd, 
And  saw  the  Lord  was  there; 

In  wild  confusion  of  the  mind 
They  fled  with  hasty  fear. 

Oft  have  our  fathers  told, 
Our  eyes  have  often  seen, 

How  well  our  God  secures  the  fold, 
Where  His  own  flocks  have  been 


In  every  new  distress 

We'll  to  His  house  repair. 

Recall  to  mind  His  wondrous  grace, 
And  seek  deliverance  there. 


1C4  THE    EPIPHANY. 

49.  DELIGHT  IN   THE   CHURCH.  S.  M 

HOW  charming  is  the  place 
Where  my  Redeemer,   God, 
Unveils  the  beauties  of  His  face. 
And  sheds  His  love  abroad! 

Not  the  fair  palaces 

To  which  the  great  resort 
Are  once  to  be  compared  with  thi3 

Where  Jesus  holds  His  court. 

Here,  on  the  mercy-seat, 
With  radiant  glory  crowned. 

Our  joyful  eyes  behold  Him  sit, 
And  smile  on  all  around. 

To  Him  their  prayers  and  cries 
Each  humble  soul  presents; 

He  listens  to  their  broken  sighs, 
Aud  grants  them  all  their  wanti 

Give  me,  0  Lord,  a  place 

Within  Thy  blessed  abode, 
Among  the  children  of  Thy  grace, 

The  servaQt3  of  my  God. 


SIXTH   SUNDAY   AFTER  EPIPHANY.    lOO 

SIXTH    SUNDAY   AFTEE   THE 
EPIPHANY. 

P3iLM  LXXXIT 

Gospd:  St.  Matt.xvii.  1-9  )  St.  Matt.  xiii.  44-52. 
Epistle:  1  John  iii.  I-IO        \  1  Pet.  ii.  1-10. 

A  GOD,  whose  blessed  Son  was  manifested  that 
He  might  destroy  the  works  of  the  devil, 
and  make  us  the  sons  of  God,  and  heirs  of  eter- 
nal life;  enable  us,  we  beseech  Thee,  haying 
this  hope,  to  purify  ourselves,  even  as  He  is 
pure ;  that  when  He  shall  appear  again  with 
power  and  great  glory,  we  may  be  made  like 
unto  Him  in  His  eternal  and  glorious  kingdom : 
where  He  liveth  and  reigneth  with  Thee  and  the 
Holy  Ghost,  ever  one  God,  world  without  end. 
Amen. 


50.  THE  TRANSFIGURATION.  L.   M 

ON  Tabor's  top  the  Saviour  stands, 
His  alter'd  face  resplendent  shines, 
And  while  He  elevates  His  hands, 
Lo!  glory  marks  its  gentle  lines  1 

Two  heav'nly  forms  descend  to  wait 
Upon  their  suif'ring  Prince  below; 

But  while  they  worship  at  His  feet, 
They  talk  of  fast  approaching  woe. 


106  THE    EPIPHANT. 

Amid  the  lustre   8f  the  scene, 
To  Calvary  He  turns  His  eyes, 

And  with  submission,  all  serene, 
He  marks  the  future  tempest  rise. 

Then  let  us  climb  the  mount  of  pray'i, 
Where  all   His  beaming  glories  shine, 

And  gizing  on  His  brightness  there, 
Our  woes  forget  in  joys  dirine. 

^ii.  that  on  yonder  heav'nly  hills, 
Where  now  the  risen  Saviour  stands, 

And  peace,  like  softest  dew,  distils  — 
1  too  may  elevate  my  hands. 

51,  ADOPTION,  S.   M. 

BEHOLD  what  wondrous  grace 
The  Father  has  bestow'd 
On  sinners  of  a  mortal  race. 
To  call  them  sons  of  God! 

'Tis  no  surprising  thing. 

That  we  should  be  unknown  ; 

The  Jewish  world  knew  not  their  King, 
God's  everlasting  Son. 

Nor  doth  it  yet  appear 

How  great  we  must  be  made; 

But  when  we  see  our  Saviour  here. 
We  shall  be  like  our  head. 

A  hope  so  much  divine 

May  trials  well  endure, 
May  purge  our  souls  from  sense  and  sin. 

As  Christ  the  Lord  is  pure. 


SIXTH    SUNDAY   AFTER   EPIPHANT.    107 

If  in  my  Father's  love 

I  share  a  filial  part, 
Send  down  Thy  spirit  like  a  dove, 

To  rest  upon  my  heart. 

We  would  no  longer  lie 

Like  slaves  beneath  the  throne; 

My  faith  shall  Abba,   Father,   cry, 
And  Thou  the  kindred  own. 


52.  THE  MAJESTY  OF  GOD.  C.  M 

THE  Lord  descended  from  above, 
And  bowed  the  heavens  most  high; 
And  underneath  His  feet  He  cast 
The  darkness  of  the  sky. 

On  cherub  and  on  cherubim 

Full  royally  He  rode ; 
And  on  the  wings  of  mighty  winds 

Came  flying  all  abroai. 

And  like  a  den  most  dark  He  mad» 

His  hid  and  s^crof  place; 
With  waters  black  and  airy  cloud 

Encompassed  He  was. 

He  sat  serene  upon  the  floods, 

Their  fury  to  restrain  ; 
And  He  a  sovereign  Lord  and  Kir 

For  evermore  shall  reign. 


108  EASTER    SEASON, 


TEE 
EASTER     SEASON. 

53,  LITANY  HYMN.  Ts. 

SAVIOUR,  when  in  dust  to  Thee, 
Low  we  bow  th'  adoring  knee ; 
When  repentant,  to  the  skies, 
Scarce  we  lift  our  weeping  eyes; 
0,  by  all  Thy  pains  and  woe, 
Suffered  once  for  man  below, 
Bending  from  Thy  throne  on  high, 
Hear  our  solemn  Litany. 


By  Thy  helpless  infant  years; 
By  Thy  life  of  want  and  tears; 
By  Thy  days  of  sore  distress 
In  the  savage  wilderness; 
By  the  dread,  mysterious  hour 
Of  th'  insulting  tempter's  power  — 
Turn,  0  turn,  a  favoring  eye  — 
Hear  our  solemn  Litany. 


EASTER    SEASON.  109 

By  the  sacred  griefs  that  wept 
O'er  the  grave  where  Laz'rus  slept* 
By  the  boding  tears  that  flowed 
Over  Salem's  loved  abode , 
By  the  anguished  sigh  that  told 
Treach'ry  lurk'd  withiu  the  fold  — 
From  Thy  seat  above  the  sky 
Hear  our  solemn  Litany  I 

By  Thine  hour  of  dire  despair; 
By  Thine  agony  of  prayer ; 
By  the  cross,  the  wail,  the  thorn, 
Piercing  spear,  and  torturing  scorn 
By  the  gloom  that  veiled  the  skiea 
O'er  the  dreadful  sacrifice  — 
Listen  to  our  humble  cry, 
Hear  our  solemn  Litany  I 

By  Thy  deep  expiring  groan; 
By  the  sad  sepulchral  stone ; 
By  the  vault  whose  dark  abode 
Held  in  vain  the  rising  God  I 
Oh !  from  earth  to  heav'n  restor'^, 
Mighty,  reascended  Lord  — 
Listen,  listen  to  the  cry 
Of  our  solemu  Litanj. 


110  EA^jTER    SEASON. 

THIRD  SUNDAY  BEPORE  LENT. 

PSALM  xvni. 


KX.  1-16  -i 
24- X.  5/ 


Epistle:  1  Cor.  ix.  24-  x.  5  i  Rom.  viii.  31-39. 

f\  LORD,  we  beseech  Thee  favorably  to  hear 
^  the  prayers  of  Thy  people;  that  we  who 
are  justly  punished  for  our  oifences,  may  be 
mercifully  delivered  by  Thy  goodness,  for  the 
glory  of  Thy  name:  through  Jesus  Christ  our 
Saviour,  who  liveth  and  reigneth  with  Thee  and 
the  Holy  Ghost,  ever  oue  God,  world  without 
end.     Amen. 


54.  PENITENCE.  C.  M 

PROSTRATE,  dear  Jesus  !  at  Thy  feet, 
A  guilty  rebel  lies; 
And  upwards  to  Thy  mercy-seat 
Presumes  to  lift  his  eyes. 

0  let  not  justice  frown  me  hence ! 

Stay,  stay  the  vengeful  storm : 
Forbid  it,  that  Omnipotence 

Should  crush  a  feeble  worm! 

If  tears  of  sorrow  would  suffice 

To  pay  the  debt  I  owe, 
Tears  should  from  both  my  weeping  eyes 

In  ceaseless  torrents  flow. 


THIRD    SUNDAY"    BEFORE    LENT.     Ill 

But  no  such  sacrifice  I  plead 

To  expiate  my  guilt; 
No  tears  but  those  which  Thou  hast  shed } 

No  blood  but  Thou  hast  spilt. 

Think  of  Thy  sorrows,   dearest  Lord! 

And  all  my  sins  forgive : 
Justice  will  well  approve  the  word 

That  bids  the  sinner  live. 

55.  REPENTANCE  AT  TJlE  CROSS.        C.   M 

ALAS  !  and  did  my  Saviour  bleed, 
And  did  my  Sovereign  die? 
"Would  He  devote  that  sacred  head 
For  such  a  worm  as  I  ? 

Thy  body  slain,   dear  Jesus,   Thine, 

And  bathed  in  its  own  blood. 
While  all  exposed  to  wrath  divine. 

The  glorious  sufferer  stood. 
"Was  it  for  crimes  that  I  had  done, 

He  groaned  upon  the  tree  ? 
Amazing  pity!  grace  unknown! 

And  love  beyond  degree! 
"Well  might  the  sun  in  darkness  hide, 

And  shut  his  glories  in, 
"When  God,   the  mighty  Maker,  died 

For  man,  the  creature's  sin. 

Thus  might  I  hide  my  blushing  face, 
Whiie  His  dear  cross  appears. 

Dissolve  my  heart  in  thankfulness, 
And  melt  my  eyes  to  tears. 

But  drops  of  grief  can  ne'er  repay 

The  debt  of  love  I  owe : 
Here,  Lord,   I  give  myself  away; 

'Tis  all  that  I  can  do. 


112  EASTER    SEASON. 

SECOND  SUNDAY  BEFORE  LENT 

PSALM  XLIV. 


Gospel:   St.  Lube  viii.  4-15 ■>   St 
Epistle:  2  Cor.  xi.  19— xii.9J   1 


Gnspd:   St.  Lube  viii.  4-15)^  St.  John  x.  1-13. 
Pet.  ii.  17-25. 


*  LMIGHTY  and  everlasting  God,  the  Creator 
■^  of  the  ends  of  the  earth,  who  givest  po^wer 
to  the  faint,  and  strength  to  them  that  have  no 
might ;  look  mercifully,  we  beseech  Thee,  on  our 
low  estate,  and  cause  Thy  grace  to  triumph  iu 
our  weakness ;  that  we  may  arise  and  follow  in 
the  way  of  righteousness  those  who  by  their  faith 
and  patience  already  inherit  the  promises: 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 


56.  WATCHFULNESB  AND  PRAYER.       C.  M 

ALAS!  what  hourly  dangers  rise  I 
What  snares  beset  my  way! 
'  To  heav'n,   0  let  me  lift  my  eyes, 

And  hourly  watch  and  pray. 

How  oft  my  mournful  thoughts  complain, 

And  melt  in  flowing  tears ! 
My  weak  resistance,  ah  I  how  vain  ; 

How  strong  my  foes  and  fears  ! 

O  gracious  God,  in  whom  I  live, 

My  feeble  efforts  aid ; 
Help  me  to  watch,  and  pray,  and  strive. 

Though  trembling  and  afraid. 


aECOND    SUNDAY    BEFORE    LENT.    113 

Increase  my  faith,  increase  my  hope, 
When  foes  and  fears  prevail ; 

And  bear  my  fainting  spirit  up, 
Or  soon  my  strength  will  fail. 

Whene'er  temptations  fright  my  heart, 

Or  lure  my  feet  aside. 
My  God,   Thy  pow'rful  aid  impart, 

My  guardian  and  my  guide. 

0  keep  me  in  Thy  heav'nly  way. 
And  bid  the  tempter  fle« ; 

And  let  me  never,  never  stray, 
From  happiness  and  Thee. 

57,  CHRIST  OUR  GUIDE.  8s,  7s  &    Is 

GUIDE  me,  0  Thou  great  Jehovah, 
Pilgrim  through  this  barren  land ; 

1  am  weak,  but  Thou  art  mighty, 
Hold  me  with  Thy  powerful  hand : 

Bread  of  heaven, 
Feed  me,  till  I  want  no  more. 

Open  now  the  crystal  fountain, 

Whence  the  healing  streams  do  flow ; 

Let  the  fiery,  cloudy  pillar 

Lead  me  all  my  journey  through; 

Strong  Deliverer, 
Be  Thou  still  my  strength  and  shield. 

When  I  tread  the  verge  of  Jordan, 

Bid  my  anxious  fears  subside : 
Death  of  death,  and  hell's  destruction. 

Land  me  safe  on  Canaan's  side : 
Songs  of  praises 

I  will  ever  give  to  Thee. 

8 


114  EASTER     SEASON. 

SUNDAY  BEFORE   LENT. 

PSALM   XXXI. 

Oospel:   St.  Luke  xviii.  31-43  )  St.  Matt,  xvi.  21-28. 
JSjfistle    1  Cor.  xiii.  1-13  3  1  Pet.  iv.  12-19. 

A  LORD,  who  hast  taught  us  that  all  our  doings 
without  charity  are  nothing  worth ;  send 
Thy  Holy  Ghost,  and  pour  into  our  hearts  that 
most  excellent  gift  of  charity,  the  very  bond  of 
perfectness,  and  of  all  virtues ;  without  which, 
whosoever  liveth  is  counted  dead  before  Thee. 
Grant  this  for  Thine  only  Son  Jesus  Christ's 
sake.     Amen. 


58.  LOVE  TO  OUR  NEIGHBOR.  C.  M 

FATHER  of  mercies!  send  Thy  grace 
All-pow'rful  from  above, 
To  form  in  our  obedi-ent  souls 
The  image  of  Thy  love. 

0  may  our  sympathizing  breasts 
That  generous  pleasure  know, 

Kindly  to  share  in  others'  joy, 
And  weep  for  others'  woe  I 

"When  the  most  helpless  sons  of  grief 

In  low  distress  are  laid, 
Soft  be  our  hearts  their  pain  to  feel, 

And  swift  our  hands  to  aid. 


SUNDAT    BEFORE     LEXT.  11* 

So  Jesus  look'd  on  dying  man, 
When  thron'd  above  the  skios: 

And  'midst  the  embraces  of  His  God, 
He  felt  compassion  rise. 

On  -wings  of  love  the  Saviour  flew, 
To  raise  us  from  the  grciund. 

And  shed  the  richest  of  His  blood, 
A  balm  for  every  wound. 


59.  CHRISTIAN   LOVE.  S.    M 

BLEST  be  the  tie  that  binds 
Our  hearts  in  Christian   love  ! 
The  fellowship  of  kindred  minds 
Is  like  to  that  above. 

Before  our  Father's  throne 
We  pour  our  ardent  prayers; 

Our  fears,  our  hopes,  our  aims  are  one  — • 
Our  comforts  and  our  cares. 

We  share  our  mutual  woes, 

Our  mutual  burdens  bear; 
And  often  for  each  other  flows 

The  sympathizing  tear. 

When  we  asunder  part, 

It  gives  us  inward  pain  ; 
But  we  shall  still  be  join'd  in  heart, 

And  hope  to  meet  again. 

This  glorious  hope  revives 

Oilr  courage  by  the  way; 
While  each  in  expectation  lives, 

And  longs  to  see  the  day. 


116  EASTER    SEASON. 

From  sorrow,   toil  and  pain, 
And»  sin,  we  shall  be  free; 

And  perfect  love,  and  friendship^  reign 
Through  all  eternity. 


60.  THE  LOVE  OP  JESUS.  L.   M 

JESUS,  Thy  boundless  love  to  me 
No  thought  can  reach,  no  tongue  declare, 
Unite  my  thankful  heart  to  Thee, 
And  reign  without  a  rival  there. 

Thy  love,  how  cheering  is  its  ray  I 
AH  pain  before  its  presence  flies; 

Care,  anguish,  sorrow,  melt  away, 
Where'er  its  healing  beams  arise. 

0,  let  Thy  love  my  soul  inflame, 
And  to  Thy  service  sweetly  bind  ; 

Transfuse  it  through  my  inmost  frame, 
And  mould  me  wholly  to  Thy  mind. 

Thy  love  in  sufferings,  be  my  peace ; 

Thy  love,  in  weakness,  make  me  strong; 
And  when  the  storms  of  life  shall  cease, 

Thy  love  shall  be  in  heaven,  my  song. 


FIRST    DAT    IN    LENT.  ll'J 


LENT. 

ASH  WEDNESDAY -FIEST  DAY  IN 
LENT. 

PSALM  LXIX. 

Gospel:  St.  Matt.  vi.  1&-21  )  Ps.  IL 
EpistU:  Joel  ii.  12-18  i  Rev.  iii.  14-32. 

A  LMIGHTY  and  everlasting  God,  who  hates* 
nothing  that  Thou  hast  made,  and  dost  for- 
give the  sins  of  all  those  who  are  penitent: 
create  and  make  in  us  new  and  contrite  hearts 
that  we,  worthily  lamenting  our  sins,  may  ob 
tain  of  Thee,  the  God  of  all  mercy,  perfect  re 
mission  and  forgiveness;  through  Jesus  Chris* 
our  Lord.     Amen. 


61,  FASTING  AND  PRATER.  L.  M. 

THOU  loving  Saviour  of  mankind, 
Before  Thy  throne  we  pray  and  weep ; 
0  strengthen  us,  with  grace  divine, 
Duly  Thy  Church's  fast  to  keep. 


113  EASTER    SEASON. 

Searcher  of  hearts  I  Thou  dost  our  ills 
Discern,   and  all  our  weakness  know 

Again  to  Thee  in  tears  we  turn ; 
Again  to  us  Thy  mercy  show. 

Much  have  we  sinn'd,  but  we  confess 
Our  guilt,   and  all  our  faults  deplore: 

0,  for  the  praise  of  Thy  great  name, 
These  fainting  souls  to  health  restore 


And  grant  us,  while  by  fasts  we  stride 
This  mortal  body  to  control, 

To  fast  from  all  the  food  of  sin,  ' 
And  so  to  purify  the  soul. 

Hear  us,  0  Trinity  thrice  blest ! 

Sole  Unity,   Thou  God  of  love! 
Vouchsafe  us  from  these  fasts  below 

To  reap  immortal  fruit  above. 


62.  RESTORIXa  GRACE.  C   M 

HOW  oft,  alas!  this  wretched  heart 
Has  wander'd  from  the  Lord  I 
IIow  oft  my  roving  thoughts  depart, 
Forsretful  of  His  word. 


Yet  sov'reign  mercy  calls,  *<  Return*" 
Dear  Lord,   and  may  I  come  I 

My  vile  ingratitude  I  mourn; 
0  take  the  wanderer  homel 


fflRST     DAY     IN     LENT.  119 

And  canst  Thou,  wilt  Thou  yet  forgive, 

And  bid  my  crimes  remove? 
And  shall  a  pardon'd  rebel  live 

To  speak  Thy  ■wondrous  love  ? 

Almighty  grace,  Thy  healing  pow'r, 

Mow  glorious,   how  divine ! 
That  can  to  life  and  bliss  restore 

So  vile  a  heart  as  mine. 

Thy  pard'ning  love,  so  free,  so  sweei, 

Dear  Saviour,  I  adore  ; 
O  keep  me  at  Thy  sacred  feet, 

And  let  me  rove  uo  mors. 


120  EASTER    SEASON. 

FIRST  SUNDAY  IN  LENT. 

PSALM  XCI. 

Gospel:  St.  Matt.  iv.  1-11  ">  St.  Malt.  vi.  1-21. 
Epistle:  2  Cor.  vi.  1-10       i"  Eph.  vi.  10-20. 

"\X7E  beseech  Thee,  0  Lord,  by  the  mystery  of 
our  Saviour's  fasting  and  temptation,  to 
arm  us  with  the  same  mind  that  -was  in  Him  to- 
ward all  evil  and  sin;  and  give  us  grace  to  keep 
our  bodies  in  such  holy  discipline,  that  our  mind3 
may  be  always  ready  to  resist  Satan,  and  obey 
the  motions  of  Thy  Holy  Spii'it:  through  Jesua 
Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 


63.  THE  PENITENT'S  PLEADING.        L.  M. 

SHOW  pity,  Lord,  0  Lord,  forgive, 
Let  a  repenting  rebel  live; 
Are  not  Thy  mercies  large  and  free  ? 
May  not  a  sinner  trust  in  Thee? 

My  crimes  are  great,  but  can't  surpass 
The  pow'r  and  glory  of  Thy  grace: 
Great  God,  Thy  nature  hath  no  bound. 
So  let  Thy  pard'ning  love  be  found. 

0  wash  my  soul  from  ev'ry  sin, 
And  make  my  guilty  conscience  clean ; 
Here  on  my  heart  the  burden  lies, 
And  past  offences  pain  my  eyes. 


» 


FIRST    SUNDAY     IN     LENT.  121 

My  lips  with  shame  my  sins  confess 
Against  Thy  law,  against  Thy  grace; 
Lord,  should  Thy  judgment  grow  severe, 
I  am  coademn'd,  but  Thou  art  clear. 

Yet  save  a  trembling  sinner,  Lord, 
Whose  hope,  still  hov'ring  round  Thy  word, 
Would  light  on  some  sweet  promise  there, 
Some  sure  support  against  despair. 


64.  LORD,  REMEMBER   ME.  C.  IVL 

OTHOU  from  whom  all  goodness  flows, 
I  lift  my  heart  to  Thee; 
In  all  my  soitows,  conflicts,  woes, 

0  Lord,  remember  me. 

When  with  a  broken,  contrite  heart, 

1  lift  mine  eyes  to  Thee ; 
Thy  name  proclaim.   Thyself  impart, 

In  love  remember  me. 

In  sore  temptations,  when  no  way 

To  shun  the  ill  I  see, 
My  strength  proportion  to  my  day, 

And  then  remember  me. 

And  when  I  tread  the  vale  of  death, 

And  bow  at  Thy  decree, 
Then,  Saviour,  with  my  latest  breata 

I  '11  cry.  Remember  me. 


122  EASTER     SEASON. 

SECOND  SUNDAY  IN  LENT. 

PSALM  XXV. 

Gospel:   St.  Matt.  xv.  21-28  \  St.  Luke  xi.  29-36. 
Epistle:  1  Thess.  iv.  1-18       3  Heb.  ii.  1-4. 

A  LMIGHTY  GOD,  who  seest  the  helpless  misery 
"^  of  our  fallen  life;  vouchsafe  unto  us,  we 
humbly  beseech  Thee,  both  the  outward  and  in- 
ward defence  of  Thy  guardian  care;  that  we 
may  be  shielded  from  the  evils  which  assault  the 
body,  and  be  kept  pure  from  all  thoughts  that 
harm  and  pollute  the  soul:  through  Jesus  Christ 
our  Lord.     Amen. 


65.  ORIGINAL  AND  ACTUAL  SINS.        L.  M 

LORD,  I  am  vile,  conceiv'd  in  sin, 
And  born  unholy  and  unclean  ; 
Sprung  from  the  man  whose  guilty  fall 
Corrupts  the  race,  and  taints  us  all. 

Soon  as  we  draw  our  infant  breath, 
The  seeds  of  sin  grow  up  for  death; 
Thy  law  demands  a  perfect  heart; 
But  we  're  defil'd  in  ev'ry  part. 

Great  God,  create  my  heart  anew, 
And  form  my  spirit  pure  and  true ; 
0  make  me  wise  betimes  to  see 
My  danger  and  my  remedy. 


SECOND    SUNDAY    IN     LENT.      123 

Behold,  I  fall  before  Thy  face ; 
My  only  refuge  is  Thy  grace: 
No  outward  forms  can  make  me  clean  ; 
The  leprosy  lies  deep  within. 

No  bleeding  bird,  nor  bleeding  beast, 
Nor  hyssop  branch,  nor  sprinkling  priest, 
Nor  running  brook,  nor  flood,  nor  sea, 
Can  wash  the  dismal  stain  away, 

Jesus,  my  God.  Thy  blood  alone 
Hath  pow'r  suflScient  to  atone; 
Thy  blood  can  make  me  white  as  snow; 
No  Jewish  types  could  cleanse  me  so. 

While  guilt  disturbs  and  breaks  my  peace, 
Nor  flesh  nor  soul  hath  rest  or  ease  ; 
Lord,  let  me  hear  Thy  pard'ning  voice, 
And  make  my  broken  bones  rejoice. 

66.  ROCK  OF  AGES.  7fl 

ROCK  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me, 
Let  me  hide  myself  in  Thee  I 
Let  the  water  and  the  blood 
From  Thy  riven  side  which  flowed, 
Be  of  sin  the  double  cure, 
Cleanse  me  from  its  guilt  and  power. 

Not  the  labors  of  my  hands 
Can  fulfil  Thy  law's  demands  : 
Could  my  zeal  no  respite  know, 
Could  my  tears  forever  flow, 
All  for  sin  could  not  atone; 
Thou  must  save,  and  Thou  alone! 


124  EASTER     SEASON. 

Nothing  in  my  hand  I  bring; 
Simply  to  Thy  cross  I  cling; 
Naked,  come  to  Thee  for  dress ; 
Helpless,  look  to  Thee  for  grace; 
Foul,   I  to  Thy  fountain  fly ; 
Wash  me,  Saviour,  or  I  die  I 

While  I  draw  this  fleeting  breath, 
When  my  eyelids  close  in  death, 
W^hen  I  soar  to  worlds  unknown,        * 
See  Thee  on  Thy  judgment-throne, 
Rock  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me. 
Let  me  hide  myself  in  Thee. 

67.       THE  HOPE  OF  HEAVEN  IN  TRIALS.    C  M 

WHEN  I  can  read  my  title  clear, 
To  mansions  in  the  skies, 
I  bid  farewell  to  ev'ry  fear. 
And  wipe  my  weeping  eyes. 

Should  earth  against  my  sou!  engage, 

And  hellish  darts  be  hurl'd, 
Then  I  can  smile  at  Satan's  rage, 

And  face  a  frowning  world. 

Let  cares  like  a  wild  deluge  come, 

And  storms  of  sorrow  fall ; 
May  I  but  safely  reach  my  home. 

My  God,  my  heav'n,  my  all. 

There  shall  I  bathe  my  weary  soul 

In  seas  of  heav'nly  rest, 
And  not  a  wave  of  trouble  roll 

Across  my  peaceful  breast. 


THIBD    SUNDAY    IN    LENT.         125 

THIRD  SUNDAY  IN  LENT. 

PSALM  CXXX. 

Gospd:  St.  Luke  xi.  14-28   \  St.  Matt.  xii.  22-32. 
A>w<fe;  Eph.  V.  1-9  i   Heb.  X.  2&-31. 

A  LMIGHTY  GOD,  who  hast  been  the  hope  and 
confidence  of  Thy  people  in  all  ages ;  merci- 
fully regard,  we  beseech  Thee,  the  prayer  with 
which  we  cry  unto  Thee  out  of  the  depths,  and 
stretch  forth  the  right  hand  of  Thy  majesty  for 
our  salvation  and  defence:  through  Jesus  Christ 
our  Lord.     Amen. 


68.  ^  PENITENTLA.L  HYMN.  L.  M. 

OTHOU  that  hear'st  when  sinners  cry, 
Though  all  my  crimes  before  Thee  lie, 
Behold  them  not  with  angry  look, 
But  blot  their  memory  from  Thy  book. 

Create  my  nature  pure  within, 
And  form  my  soul  averse  to  sin : 
Let  Thy  good  Spirit  ne'er  depart, 
Nor  hide  Thy  presence  from  my  heart 

I  cannot  live  without  Thy  light. 
Cast  out  and  banished  from  Thy  sight ; 
Thy  holy  joys,  my  God,  restore. 
And  guard  me,  that  I  fall  no  more. 


126  EASTER    SEASON. 

Though  I  have  grieved  Thy  spirit,  Lord, 
Thy  help  and  comfort  still  afford, 
And  let  a  wretch  come  near  Thy  throne. 
To  plead  the  merits  of  Thy  Son. 

A  broken  heart,  my  God,  my  King, 
Is  all  the  sacrifice  I  bring  ; 
The  God  of  grace  will  ne'er  despise 
A  broken  heart  for  sacrifice. 

My  soul  lies  humbled  in  the  dust, 
And  owns  Thy  dreadful  sentence  just ; 
Look  down,  0  Lord,  with  pitying  eye, 
And  save  the  soul  condemned  to  die. 

Then  will  I  teach  the  world  Thy  ways: 
Sinners  shall  learn  Thy  sovereign  grace; 
I'll  lead  them  to. my  Saviour's  blood, 
And  they  shall  praise  a  pardoning  God. 

0  may  Thy  love  inspire  my  tongue  I 
Salvation  shall  be  all  my  song; 
And  all  my  powers  shall  join  to  bless 
The  Lord,  my  strength  and  righteousness 


69,  I-OOKING  TO  GOD  IN  TROUBLE.        C    M 

DEAR  Refuge  of  my  weary  soul, 
On  Thee,  when  sorrows  rise, 
On  Thee,  when  waves  of  trouble  roll, 
My  fainting  hope  relies. 

To  Thee  I  tell  each  rising  grief, 
For  Thou  alone  canst  heal; 

Thy  word  can  bring  a  sweet  relief, 
For  every  pain  I  feel. 


THIRD    SUNDAY    IN     LENT.  12/ 

But  0!  when  gloomy  doubts  prevail, 

I  fear  to  call  Thee  mine; 
The  springs  of  comfort  seem  to  fail, 

And  all  my  hopes  decline. 

Yet,  gracious  God,  where  shall  I  flee  ? 

Thou  art  my  only  trust ; 
And  still  my  soul  would  cleave  to  Thee, 

Though  prostrate  in  the  dust. 

Thy  mercy-seat  is  open  still ; 

Here  let  my  soul  retreat: 
"With  humble  hope  attend  Thy  will, 

And  wait  beneath  Thy  feet. 


70.  THE  HIDING-PLACE.     8s,7s  &  481 

JESUS,  to  Thy  Cross  I  hasten, 
In  all  weariness  my  home  ; 
Let  Thy  dying  Love  come  o'er  me  — 
Light  and  covert  in  the  gloom: 

Saviour,   hide  me 
Till  the  hour  of  gloom  is  o'er. 

When  life's  tempests  dark  are  rolling 
Fearful  shadows  o'er  my  way; 

Let  firm  Faith  in  Thee  sustain  me, 
Every  rising  fear  allay: 

Hide,   oh  I  hide  me, 
Hide  me  till  the  storm  is  o'er. 

When  stern  death  at  last  shall  lead  me 
Through  the  dark  and  lonely  vale; 

Let  Thy  Hope  uphold  and  cheer  me, 
Though  my  flesh  and  heart  should  fail: 

Safely  hide  me 
With  Thyself  forevermore. 


128  EASTER     SEASON", 


71.       THE  FOUNTAIN  OF  CHRIST'S  BLOOD.  C.  W 

THERE  is  a  fountain  fill'd  with  blood, 
Drawn  from  Immanuel's  veins; 
And  sinners,  plung'd  beneath  that  flood, 
Lose  all  their  guilty  stains. 

The  dying  thief  rejoic'd  to  see 

That  fountain  in  his  day ; 
And  there  have  I,  as  vile  as  he, 

Washed  all  my  sins  away. 

Dear  dying  Lamb,  Thy  precious  blood 

Shall  never  lose  its  pow'r, 
Till  all  the  ransom'd  Church  of  God 

Be  sav'd,  to  sin  no  more. 

E'er  since,  by  faith,  I  saw  the  stream, 

Thy  flowing  wounds  supply, 
Redeeming  love  has  been  my  theme, 
And  shall  be  — till  I  die. 

Then  in  a  nobler,  sweeter  song, 

I  '11  sing  Thy  pow'r  to  save ; 
When  this  poor  lisping,  stamm'ring  tongue, 

Lies  silent  in  the  graTe. 


FOURTH  SUNDAY  IN  LENT.   129 


FOURTH  SUNDAY  IN  LENT. 

PSALM  XLVI. 

a^spel:   St.  John  vi.  1-14   )   St.  John  vi.  47-59. 
Epistle:  Gal.  iv.  21-31         |   1  John  v.  11-21. 

OLORD  GOD,  merciful  and  gracious,  long- 
suffering  and  abundant  in  goodness  and 
truth;  enter  not  into  judgment  with  Thy  ser- 
vants, we  beseech  Thee,  but  be  pleased  of  Thy 
great  kindness  to  grant,  that  we  who  are  now 
righteously  afflicted  and  bowed  down  by  the 
sense  of  our  sins,  may  be  refreshed  and  lifted 
up  with  the  joy  of  Thy  salvation  :  through  Jesus 
Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 


72.  ^OYE  TO  JESUS.  C.  M. 

0  JESUS!  Thou  the  glory  art 
Of  angel-worlds  above; 
Thy  name  is  music  to  the  heart, 
And  all  Thy  being,  love. 


« 


0  Jesus!  Saviour!  hear  the  sighs 
Which  unto  Thee  we  send; 

To  Thee  our  inmost  spirit  cries, 
Our  being's  hope  and  end! 
9 


130  EASTER     SEASON. 

Stay  with  us,  Lord,  and  with  Thy  light 

Illume  the  soul's  abyss; 
Scatter  the  darkness  of  our  night. 

And  fill  the  world  with  bliss. 


0  Jesus !  King  of  earth  and  heaven, 
Our  life  and  joy !  to  Thee 

Be  honor,  thanks,  and  blessings  given 
Through  all  eternity. 


73.  GOD  OUR  PORTION.  C.  M 

GOD,  my  supporter  and  my  hope, 
My  help  for  ever  near, 
Thine  arm  of  mercy  held  me  up, 
When  sinking  in  despair. 


Thy  counsels,  Lord,  shall  guide  my  feet 
Through  this  dark  wilderness ; 

Thine  hand  conduct  me  near  Thy  8G%t, 
To  dwell  before  Thy  face. 


Were  I  in  heaven  without  my  God, 
'T  would  be  no  joy  to  me; 

And  whilst  this  earth  is  my  abode, 
I  long  for  none  but  Thee. 


What  if  the  springs  of  life  were  broke, 
And  flesh  and  heart  should  faint, 

God  is  my  soul's  eternal  rock, 
The  strength  of  every  saint 


FOURTH  SUNDAY  IN  LENT.   131 

Behold  !  the  sinners  that  remove 

Far  from  Thy  presence,   die; 
Not  all  the  idol-gods  they  love 

Can  save  them  when  they  cry. 

But  to  draw  near  to  Thee,  my  God, 

Shall  be  my  sweet  employ; 
My  tongue  shall  sound  Thy  works  aliroad. 

And  tell  the  world  my  joy. 


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132  £AST£R    SEASON. 


PIFTH  SUNDAY  IN  LENT. 

PSALM   XLIII. 

Gospel:   St.  John  viii.  46-59   )    St.  John  xH.  20-32. 
Epistle:  Heb.  ix.  11-15  i    2  Cor.  t.  14-21. 

A  LMIGHTY  and  most  merciful  God,  who  hast 
given  Thy  Son  to  die  for  our  sins,  and  to 
obtain  forgiveness  and  redemption  for  us  through 
His  own  blood;  let  the  merit  of  this  spotless  sa- 
crifice, we  beseech  Thee,  purge  our  consciences 
from  dead  works,  that  we  may  serve  Thee,  the 
living  God,  and  receive  the  promise  of  eternal 
inheritance  in  Christ  Jesus  cwr  Lord;  to  whom, 
with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  honor  anJ 
glory,  world  without  end.     Amen. 


74,       FAITH  IN   CHRIST  OUR  SACRIFICE.  S.  M 

NOT  all  the  blood  of  beasts 
On  Jewish  altars  slain, 
Could  give  the  guilty  conscienco  peace, 
Or  wash  away  the  stain. 

But  Christ,  the  heav'nly  Lamb, 

Takes  all  our  sins  away ; 
A  sacrifice  of  nobler  name. 

And  richer  blood  than  they. 


FIFTH    SUNDAY    IN    LENT.  133 

My  faith  would  lay  her  hand 

On  that  dear  head  of  Thine, 
While  like  a  penitent  I  stand, 

And  there  confess  my  sin. 

My  soul  looks  back  to  see 
The  burdens  Thou  didst  bear. 

When  hanging:  on  the  cursed  tree, 
And  hopes  her  guilt  was  there. 

Believing,  we  rejoice 

To  see  the  curse  remove ; 
We  bless  the  Lamb  with  cheerful  voice, 

And  sing  His  bleeding  love. 


75.  78. 

lEMPTED  — BUT  FLYING  TO  CHRIST  THE  REFUQit 

TESTIS !  lover  of  my  soul, 
Let  me  to  Thy  bosom  fly. 
While  the  raging  billows  roll, 
While  the  tempest  still  is  high! 

Hide  me,  0  my  Saviour,  hide. 
Till  the  storm  of  life  is  past ; 

Safe  into  the  haven  guide, 
0,  receive  my  soul  at  last ! 

Other  refuge  have  I  none, 

Hangs  ray  helpless  soul  on  Thee ; 

Leave,  ah !  leave  me  not  alone. 
Still  support  and  comfort  me. 


134  EASTER    SEASON. 

All  my  trust  on  Thee  is  stay'd, 
All  my  help  from  Thee  1  bring; 

Cover  my  defenceless  head 

AVith  the  shadow  of  Thy  wing. 

Thou,  0  Christ,  art  all  I  want, 
Boundless  love  in  Thee  I  find  I 

Raise  the  fallen,   cheer  the  faint, 
Heal  the  sick,  and  lead  the  blind  1 

Just  and  holy  is  Thy  name, 
I  am  all  unrighteousness, 

Vile  and  full  of  sin  I  am. 

Thou  art  full  of  truth  and  grace. 

Plenteous  grace  with  Thee  is  found, 
Grace  to  pardon  all  my  sins ; 

Let  the  healing  streams  abound, 
Make  and  keep  me  pure  within. 

Thou  of  life  the  fountain  art, 
Freely  let  me  take  of  Thee ; 

Spring  Thou  up  within  my  heart, 
Bise  to  all  eternit;j. 


PALM     SUNDAY.  135 


HOLY    WEEK. 

PALM  SUNDAY. 

PSALM   XLY. 
Gospel:   St.  John  xii.  1-16  ■>  St.  Luke  xix.  28-46. 


Epistle:  PhiL  ii.  5-10  J  Rev.  i.  4-8. 

A  LMIGHTY  and  everlasting  God,  whose  Son, 
our  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  for  an  example 
of  humility  to  the  world,  took  upon  Him  our 
flesh  and  endured  the  passion  of  the  cross;  mer- 
cifully grant,  we  beseech  Thee,  that  we  may  be 
counted  worthy  to  have  part,  both  in  the  fellow- 
ship of  His  suflferings  and  in  the  glorious  power 
of  His  resurrection:  to  whom,  with  Thee  and 
the  Holy  Ghost,  be  honor  and  glory,  world  with- 
out end.     Amen. 


76.  HYMN   FOR  PALM   SUNDAY.         L.  M 

RTDE  on,  ride  on  in  majesty! 
Hark,  ail  the  tribes  hosanna  cry! 
Thy  humble  beast  pursues  his  road, 
With  palms  and  scattered  garments  strewed. 


136  EASTER    SEASON. 

Ride  on,  ride  on  in  majesty ! 

In  IqwIj  pomp  ride  on  to  die  ! 

O  Christ!  Thy  triumphs  now  begin, 

O'er  captive  death,  and  conquered  sin. 

Ride  on,  ride  on  in  majesty ! 
The  winged  squadrons  of  the  sky 
Look  down  with  sad  and  wondering  eyee 
To  see  the  approaching  sacrifice. 

Ride  on,  ride  on  in  majesty : 
Tiiy  last  and  fiercest  strife  is^nigh: 
The  Father,   on  His  sapphire  throne 
Expects  His  own  anointed  Son' 


77.  HOSANNA  TO  CHRIST.  L.  M 

HOSANNA  to  King  David's  Son, 
Who  reigns  on  a  superior  throne ; 
We  bless  the  prince  of  heavenly  birth, 
Who  brings  salvation  down  to  earth. 

Let  every  nation,  every  age. 
In  this  delightful  work  engage: 
Old  men  and  babes  in  Zion  sing 
The  growing  glories  of  our  King. 


78.  JESUS  OUR  RIGHTEOUSNESS.        L.   M 

JESUS,  Thy  Blood  and  righteousness 
My  glory  is,  my  beauteous  dress ; 
In  it  will  I  accepted  stand. 
When  I  shall  reach  the  heavenly  land. 


PALM     SUNDAY.  13" 

Thou,  holy,  spotless  L.amb  of  God, 
For  me  didst  offer  life  and  blood  : 
For  all  my  guilt  Thou  didst  atone; 
Thou  art  my  Saviour  —  Thou  aloue. 

Thy  blood,  so  freely  shed  for  me, 
Shall  all  my  hope  and  comfort  be; 
In  life  and  death  I  will  confess  , 
Thy  blood  my  only  righteousness. 

Glory,  and  praise,  and  honor  be, 
0  Jesus,  Lamb  of  God,  to  Thee; 
By  Thee  from  sin  I  gain  release. 
And  entrance  to  the  life  of  pe&ee. 


138  EASTER     SEASON, 

GOOD  FRIDAY. 

PSALM  CXL. 

I  SI 
S  Is 


Gogpel:  St.Johnxix  1-37  1   St.  Matt,  xxvii.  33-64. 
kinstU:  Heb.  x.  1-25  S  Is.  liii. 


I  \  RIGHTEOUS  and  holy  God,  who  hast  mani- 
fested toward  us  Thine  unfathomable  love, 
iu  not  sparing  Thine  own  Son,  but  delivering 
Him  up  for  us  all;  by  the  memory  of  His  bitter 
death,  by  the  awful  mystery  of  His  sorrows  in 
the  garden  and  upon  the  cross,  we  humbly  be- 
seech Thee  to  have  mercy  upon  us  and  upon  all 
men,  and  to  make  known  Thy  saving  health 
among  the  nations,  that  He  may  see  of  the  tra- 
vail of  His  soul  and  be  satisfied:  to  whom  with 
Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  honor  and  gUry, 
world  without  end.     Amen. 


79,     HYMN   AT    THE   FOOT   OF  THE  CROSS.      Ts 

OTHOU  Majesty  Divine! 
Jesus!  on  that  cross  of  Thine  I 
Who  can  prove  his  love  to  Thee 
By  such  test  of  agony  ? 

Show  me,  Lord,  Thy  wounds,  I  pray 
Let  me  love  for  love  repay ; 
Let  Thy  blood,  thus  shed  for  me, 
Now  my  life  and  healing  be. 


GOOD     FRIDAF.  139 

What  in  me  is  wounded  yet, 
What  doth  still  disease  beget. 
Dearest  Saviour,  make  it  whole, 
Lord,  restore  this  tin-sick  soul. 

Lord,  my  heart  would  feel  and  know 
All  Thine  agony  and  woe, 
Each  deep  wound,  that  I  may  be 
Wholly  crucified  with  Thee. 

Gracious  Jesus,  Saviour  dear, 
Guilty  though  I  be,  give  ear; 
Spurn  me  not,  though  vile,   I  pray. 
From  Thy  blessed  cross  away. 

Lying  at  Thy  mercy-seat, 
Lo !  with  tears  I  wash  Thy  feet ; 
Pity  on  my  misery  take, 
Jesus,  for  Thy  mercy's  sake. 

From  Thy  cross,   uplifted  high, 
0  Beloved,  cast  Thine  eye : 
Turn  me  to  Thee,  heart  and  soul; 
By  Thy  sorrows  make  me  whole. 

Here  I'll  mourn,  with  my  last  breath. 
O'er  my  sins,  and  o'er  Thy  death ; 
Jesus,  Lamb  of  God,   Thy  cross 
Saves  me  from  eternal  loss. 


80.  THE  LAMB  OF  GOD.  L.    M. 

BEHOLD  the  sin-atoning  Lamb, 
With  wonder,  gratitude,  and  love! 
To  take  away  our  guilt  and  shame, 
See  Him  descending  from  above. 


140  EASTER    SEASON. 

Our  sins  and  grief  on  Him  were  laid; 

He  meekly  bore  the  mighty  load : 
Our  ransom-price  He  fully  paid, 

In  groans  and  tears,  iu  sweat  and  blood. 

To  save  a  guilty  world  He  dies ; 

Sinners,  behold  the  bleeding  Lamb! 
To  Him  lift  up  your  longing  eyes. 

And  hope  for  mercy  in  His  name. 

Pardon  and  peace  through  Him  abound, 
He  can  the  richest  blessings  give  : 

Salvation  in  His  name  is  found, 
He  bids  the  dying  sinner  live. 

Jesus,  my  Lord,  I  look  to  Thee, 

Where  else  can  helpless  sinners  go  ? 

Thy  boundless  love  shall  set  me  free 
From  all  my  wretchedness  and  woe. 

81,  GETHSEMANE.  L.  M 

J'yiS  midnight  —  and  on  Olive's  brow 

J-      The  star  is  dimm'd  that  latel}'  shone  ; 
'T  is  midnight  —  in  the  garden  now, 
The  suff'ring  Saviour  prays  alone. 

'Tis  midnight  —  and  from  all  removM, 
Immanuel  wrestles  lone  with  fears: 

E'en  the  disciple  that  He  Icv'd 

Heeds  not  His  Master's  grief  and  tears. 

*T  is  midnight  —  and  for  others'  guilt 
The  man  of  sorrows  weeps  in  blood; 

Yet   He  that  hath  in  anguish  knelt, 
Is  not  forsaken  by  His  Goi. 


GOODFRIDAT.  1^1 

*Tis  midnight  —  and  from  ether  plains 
Is  borne  the  song  that  angels  know; 

Unheard  by  mortals  are  the  strains 
That  sweetly  soothe  the  Saviour's  woe. 


82.        THE  LOVE  OF  A  DYING  SAVIOUR.   C.  'S) 

BEHOLD  the  Saviour  of  mankind 
Nail'd  to  the  shameful  tree ; 
How  vast  the  love  that  Him  inclin'd 
To  bleed  and  die  for  me ! 

Hark,  how  He  groans !  while  nature  shakes, 
And  earth's  strong  pillars  bend ! 

The  temple's  veil  in  sunder  breaks, 
The  solid  marbles  rend. 

'  Tis  done  !  the  precious  ransom  's  paid, 
"Receive  my  soul,"   He  cries; 

See  where  He  bows  His  sacred  head, 
He  bows  His-  head  and  dies! 

But  soon  He  '11  break  death's  envious  chain, 

And  in  full  glory  shine  ; 
0  Lamb  of  God !  was  ever  pain, 

Was  ever  love  like  Thine  ! 


83.  THE  ATONEMENT  OF  CHRIST.     7s  &  6s. 

0  SACRED  Head  now  wounded, 
With  grief  and  shame  weighed  down ; 
Now  scornfully  surrounded 

With  thorns,   Thy  only  crown; 


142  EASTER    SEASOX. 

0  Sacred  Head,  -what  glory, 

What  bliss,  till  now,  was  Thine  I 

Yet,   though  despised  and  gory, 
I  joy  to  call  Thee  mine 

What  Thou,  my  Lord,  hast  suffered 

Was  all  for  sinners'  gain ; 
Mine,  mine  was  the  transgression, 

But  Thine  the  deadly  pain. 
Lo !  here  I  fall,  my  Saviour, 

'Tis  I  deserve  Thy  place. 
Look  on  me  with  Thy  favor, 

Vouchsafe  to  me  Thy  grace. 

Receive  me,  my  Redeemer, 

My  Shepherd,   make  me  Thine; 
Of  every  good  the  fountain 

Thou  art  the  spring  of  mine. 
Thy  lips  with  love  distilling. 

And  milk  of  truth  sincere, 
With  heaven's  bliss  are  filling 

The  soul  that  trembles  here. 

The  joy  can  ne'er  be  spoken^ 

Above  all  joys  beside, 
When  in  Thy  body  broken 

I  thus  with  safety  hide. 
My  Lord  of  life,  desiring 

Thy  glory  now  to  see. 
Beside  the  Cross  expiring 

I  'd  breathe  my  soul  to  Thee. 

What  language  shall  I  borrow 
To  thank  Thee,  dearest  Friend, 

For  this.   Thy  dying  sorrow. 
Thy  pity  without  end ! 


GOOD    FRIDAY.  143 

0  make  me  Thine  forever, 

And  should  I  fainting  be, 
Lord,  let  me  never,  never 

Outlive  my  love  to  Thee. 

And  when  I  am  departing, 

0  part  not  Thou  from  me ; 
When  mortal  pangs  are  darting, 

Come  Lord,  and  set  me  free. 
And  when  my  heart  must  languish 

Amidst  the  final  throe, 
Release  me  frona  my  anguish 

By  Thine  own  pain  and  woe. 

Be  near  me  when  I'm  dying, 

0  show  Thy  Cross  to  me  ! 
And  for  my  succor  flying,. 

Come  Lord,   to  set  me  free. 
These  eyes  new  faith  receiving 

From  Jesus  shall  not  move, 
For  he,  who  dies  believing. 

Dies  safely  through  Thy  love. 

84.  CHRIST  IN   GETHSEMANE.  7fl 

MANY  woes  had  Christ  endured, 
Many  sore  temptations  met, 
Patient,  and  to  pains  inured; 

But  the  sorest  trial  yet 
Was  to  be  endured  in  thee, 
Gloomy,  sad  Gethsemane. 

Came  at  length  the  dreadful  night, 
Vengeance  with  its  iron  rod 

Stood,  and  with  collected  might 

Bruised  the  harmless  Lamb  of  God: 

See  !  my  soul,   the  Saviour  see 

f^iiflferiuo;  in  Gethsemane. 


l-tl  EASTER     SEASON. 

There  my  God  bore  all  my  guilt, 
This  through  grace  can  be  believed, 

But  the  torments  which  He  felt, 
Are  too  vast  to  be  conceived; 

None  can  penetrate  through  thee. 

Doleful,   dark  Gethsemane ! 

All  my  sins  against  my  God  ; 

All  my  sins  against  His  laws ; 
Ail  iny  sins  against  His  blood; 

All  my  sins  against  His  cause: 
Sins  as  boundless  as  the  sea ; 
Hide  me,   0  Gethsemane ! 

Here's  my  claim,  and  here  alone: 
None  a  Saviour  more  can  need. 

Deeds  of  righteousness  I've  none; 
Not  a  work  that  I  can  plead: 

Not  a  glimpse  of  hope  for  me, 

Only  in  Gethsemane. 

Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
One  Almighty  God  of  love: 

Praised  by  ail  the  heavenly  hostlj 
In  Thy  shining  courts  above : 

We  poor  sinners,   gracious  Thre«, 

Bless  Thee  for  Gethsemane. 


EASTER    EVE.  145 

EASTER  EVE. 

PSALM  LXXXVIII. 

Gospel:   St.  Matt,  xxvii.  57-86. 
EpistU :  1  Pet.  iii.  17-22. 

r\  ALMIGHTY  God,  who,  by  the  descent  of  our 
^  Saviour  Jesus  Christ  into  hell,  and  His  rising 
again  from  the  dead,  hast  given  assurance  that 
the  spirits  of  those  who  sleep  in  Him  do  abide  in 
joy  and  felicity  ;  grant  unto  us,  we  beseech  Thee, 
such  steadfast  faith  and  lively  hope,  that  we  may 
purify  ourselves  as  He  is  pure  ;  and  that  we,  with 
Thy  whole  redeemed  church,  may  speedily  attain 
unto  the  resurrection  of  the  dead,  when  our  mor- 
tal bodies  shall  put  on  immortality  and  incorrup- 
tion,  and  we  shall  be  changed  into  the  likenes-i 
of  His  glorious  body ;  who  liveth  and  reigneth 
with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  one  God,  world 
without  end.     Amen. 


85.         SLEEP  OF  THE  SAINTS  IX  JESUS.     L.  31 

ASLEEP  in  Jesus!  blessed  sleep! 
From  which  none  ever  wakes  to  weep  ; 
A  calm  and  undisturbed  repose, 
Unbroken  by  the  last  of  foes. 
10 


146  EASTER    SEASON. 

Asleep  in  Jesus  I  peaceful  rest, 
Whose  waking  is  supremely  blest ; 
No  fear,  no  woe,  shall  dim  the  hour 
Which  manifests  the  Saviour's  power. 

Asleep  in  Jesus !  0.  for  me 
May  such  a  blissful  refuge  be ; 
Securely  shall  my  ashes  lie, 
And  wait  the  summons  from  on  high. 

Asleep  in  Jesus !  far  from  Thee 
Thy  kindred  and  their  graves  may  be; 
But  thine  is  still  a  blessed  sleep, 
From  which  none  ever  wakes  to  weep. 

Asleep  in  Jesus !  0,  how  sweet 

To  be  for  such  a  slumber  meet ; 

"With  holy  confidence  to  sing, 

That  death  hath  lost  his  yenomed  atingi 


EASTER    DAT.  147 


EASTER  LAY. 

PSALM  XT  I. 
Gospel:   St.  John  xx.  1-10  )   St.  Matt,  xxviii.  1-10 


}r 


Epistle:  Col.  iii.  1-11  j   1  Cor.  xt.  1-20. 

A  LMIGHTY  God,  who  through  the  resurrection 
of  Thine  only  begotten  Son  Jesus  Christ, 
hast  overcome  death,  and  opened  unto  us  the  gate 
of  everlasting  life;  assist  and  support  in  us,  -we 
beseech  Thee,  the  aspirations  of  Thy  heavenly 
grace,  that  dying  unto  sin  always,  and  living 
unto  righteousness,  we  may  at  last  triumph  over 
death  and  the  grave,  in  the  full  image  of  our  risen 
Lord  :  to  whom,  with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost, 
be  honor  and  glory,  world  without  end.     Amen. 


MONDAY  IN  EASTER  WEEK 

Gospel:   St.  Luke  xxiv.  13-35. 
Epistle:  Acts  x.  34-43. 

A  LMIGHTY  God,  who  from  the  tomb  of  our 

Lord  .Jesus  Christ  hast  caused  the  light  of 

Eternal  Life  to  shine  upon  the  world  ;  be  pleased, 

at  this  season  of  solemn  joy,  to  shed  abroad  Thy 

lOve  in  our  hearts  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  to  in- 


148  EASTER    SEASON. 

flame  them  with  heavenly  desires;  that  we  maj 
continually  seek  the  things  which  are  above, 
where  Christ  sitteth  at  Thy  right  hand,  and  so, 
abiding  in  purity  of  heart  and  mind,  may  at 
length  attain  unto  Thine  everlasting  kingdom, 
there  to  dwell  in  the  glorious  light  of  Thy  pre- 
sence, world  without  end :  through  the  same 
Jesu3  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 


86.  EASTER  HYMN.  7s  &  6s. 

THE  Lord  of  life  is  risen. 
Sing,  Easter  Heralds,  sing; 
He  bursts  His  rocky  prison. 
Wide  let  the  triumph  ring. 
In  death  no  longer  lying, 

He  rose,  the  Prince,  to-day ; 
Life  of  the  dead  and  dying 
He  triumphed  o'er  decay. 

The  Lord  of  life  is  risen, 

And  love  no  longer  grieves; 
In  ruin  lies  death's  prison, 

Sing,   Heralds,   Jesus  lives. 
We  hear  Thy  blessed  greeting: 

"Salvation's  work  is  done!" 
We  worship  Thee,  repeating : 

"Life  for  the  dead  is  won'" 

Around  Thy  tomb,  0  Jesus, 
How  sweet  the  Easter  breath ; 

Hear  we  not  in  the  breezes, 

"Where  is  Thy  sting,  0  Death?" 


MONDAY    IN     EASTER    WEEK.      149 

Dark  Hell  flies  in  commotion, 
The  heavens  their  anthems  sing; 

"While  far  o'er  earth  and  ocean, 
Glad  hallelujahs  ring! 

0  publish  this  salvation, 

Ye  Heralds,  through  the  earth; 
To  every  buried  nation 

Proclaim  the  day  of  birth.  - 

Till,  rising  from  their  slumbers 

In  long  and  ancient  night. 
The  countless  heathen  numbers 

Shall  hail  the  Easter  light. 

Hail,  hail,  our  Jesus  risen ! 

Sing,  ransomed  brethren,   sing! 
Through  death's  dark  gloomy  prison, 

Let  Easter  chorals  ring. 
Haste,  haste,  ye  captive  legions, 

Accept  your  glad  reprieve ; 
Come  forth  from  sin's  dark  regions  — 

In  Jesus'  kingdom  live. 


7  THE  LORD  IS  RISEN.  S     M. 

a  nnHE  Lord  is  risen  indeed  ;  '* 
J-      The  grave  hath  lost  its  prey ; 

With  Him  shall  rise  the  ransomed  seed 
To  reign  in  endless  day. 

**  The  Lord  is  risen  indeed ;  " 
He  lives,  to  die  no  more ; 
He  lives,  His  people's  cause  to  plead, 
Whose  curse  and  shame  He  bore. 


150  EASTER    SEASON. 

*•  The  Lord  is  risen  indeed ;  " 
Attending  angels,  hear ; 
Up  to  the  courts  of  heaven,  with  speed, 
The  joyful  tidings  bear. 

Then  take  your  golden  l^Tes, 
And  strike  each  cheerful  chord; 

Join  all  the  bright,  celestial  choirs, 
To  sing  our  risen  Lord, 


88.  THE  RESURRECTION  OF  CHRIST.     C.  31. 

BLESSED  morning,  whose  young  dawning 
Beheld  our  rising  God ;  [ray? 

That  saw  Him  triumph  o'er  the  dust, 
And  leave  his  dark  abode  I 

In  the  cold  prison  of  a  tomb 

The  dead  Redeemer  lay, 
Till  the  revolving  skies  had  brought 

The  third,  th'  appointed  day. 

Hell  and  the  grave  unite  their  force 

To  hold  our  God  in  vain ; 
The  sleeping  Conqueror  arose, 

And  burst  their  feeble  chain. 

To  Thy  great  name,  Almighty  Lord, 

These  sacred  hours  we  pay, 
And  loud  hosannas  shall  proclaim 

The  triumph  of  the  day. 

Salvation  and  immortal  praise 

To  our  victorious  King; 
Let  heav'n  and  earth,  and  rocks  and  seaa. 

With  glad  hosannas  ring. 


I 


MONDAY    IN     EASTER     WEEK.       151 

RESURRECTION  OF  CHRIST.  H.   M 

YES,  the  Redeemer  rose. 
The  Saviour  left  the  dead  : 
And  o'er  our  hellish  foes 

High  raised  His  conquering  head  ; 
In  wild  dismay,  the  guards  around 
Fall  to  the  ground,  and  sink  away. 

Lo !  the  angelic  bands 

In  full  assembly  meet, 
To  wait  His  high  commands, 

And  worship  at  His  feet ; 
Joyful  they  come,  and  wing  their  way 
From  realms  of  day  to  Jesus'  tomb. 

Then  back  to  heaven  they  fly, 

The  joyful  news  to  bear: 
Hark !   as  they  soar  on  high, 

What  music  fills  the  air ! 
Their  anthems  say,  "Jesus,  who  bled, 
Has  left  the  dead;  He  rose  to-day." 

Ye  mortals,  catch  the  sound, 
Redeemed  by  Him  from  hell: 

And  send  the  echo  round 

The  globe,  on  which  you  dwell ; 

Transported  cry,  "Jesus  who  bled, 

Hath  left  the  dead,  no  more  to  die." 

All  hail,   triumphant  Lord, 

Who  sav'st  us  with  Thy  blood  1 

Wide  be  Thy  name  ador'd. 
Thou  rising,  reigning  God ! 

With  Thee  we  rise,  with  Thee  we  reign, 

And  empires  gain  beyond  the  skies. 


152  EASTER    SEASON, 


90.      THE  NEWS  OF  THE  RESURRECTION. 

HAPtK!  the  herald  angels  say. 
Christ  the  Lord  is  risen  to-dr.y; 
Raise  your  joys  and  triumphs  high, 
Let  the  glorious  tidings  fly. 

Love's  redeeming  work  is  done. 
Fought  the  tight,  the  battle  won; 
Lo !  the  sun's  eclipse  is  o'er. 
Lo !  he  sets  in  blood  no  more. 

Vain  the  stone,  the  watch,  the  seal ; 
Christ  has    burst  the  gates  of  Hell : 
Death  in  vain  forbids  Him  rise, 
Christ  has  opened  Paradise. 

Lives  again  our  glorious  King : 
"Where,  0  death,  is  now  thy  sting?" 
Once  He  died  our  souls  to  save: 
Where  's  thy  victory,  boasting  grave  ? 

What  though  once  we  perished  all. 
Partners  of  our  parents'  fall  ? 
Second  life  we  now  receive. 
And  in  Christ  forever  live. 

Hail !  Thou  dear  almighty  Lord, 
Hail  !   Thou  great  incarnate  Word, 
Hail '   Thou  suifering  Son  of  God, 
Take  the  trophies  of  Thy  blood. 


TIRST    SUNDAY    AFTER   EASTER.     153 


FIRST  SUNDAY  AFTER  EASTER. 

PSALM  CXII. 

Gospel:   St.  John  xx.  19-31   i   St.T.uke  xxiv.  36-47. 
Epistle:  1  Johu  v.  4-12         \  2  Tim.  ii.  7-13. 

A  LMIGHTY  GOD,  who  hast  brought  again 
from  the  dead  our  Lord  Jesus,  the  glorious 
Prince  of  salvation,  with  everlasting  victory 
over  hell  and  the  grave ;  grant  unto  us  power, 
we  beseech  Thee,  to  rise  with  Him  to  newness 
of  life,  that  we  may  overcome  the  world  with 
the  victory  of  faith,  and  have  part  at  last  in  the 
resurrection  of  the  just:  through  the  merits  of 
this  same  risen  Saviour,  who  liveth  and  reigneth 
with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  ever  one  God, 
world  without  end      Amen. 


91.  THE  COROXATION.  C.  M. 

ALL  hail!  the  power  of  Jesus'  name, 
Let  angels  prostrate  fall. 
Bring  forth  the  royal  diadem, 
And  crown  Him  Lord  of  all. 


154  EASTER    SEASON. 

Crown  Him,  ye  morning  stars  of  ligbt, 
Who  fixed  this  floating  ball; 

Now  hail  the  strength  of  Israel's  might, 
And  crown  Him  Lord  of  all. 

Crown  Him,  ye  martyrs  of  our  God, 

Who  from  His  altar  call ; 
Extol  the  stem  of  Jesse's  rod. 

And  crown  Him  Lord  of  aU. 

Ye  chosen  seed  of  Israel's  race, 
Ye  ransomed  from  the  fall, 

Hail  Him  who  saves  you  by  His  grace, 
And  crown  Him  Lord  of  all. 

Hail  Him,  ye  heirs  of  David's  line, 
Whom  David,  Lord,  did  call ; 

The  God  incarnate!  Man  divine! 
And  crown  Him  Lord  of  all. 

Sinners,  whose  love  can  ne'er  forget 
The  wormwood  and  the  gall : 

Go,  spread  your  trophies  at  His  feet, 
And  crown  Him  Lord  of  all. 

Let  every  kindred,   every  tribe, 

On  this  terrestrial  ball. 
To  Him  all  majesty  ascribe, 

And  crown  Him  Lord  of  all. 

0  that  with  yonder  sacred  throng, 
We  at  His  feet  may  fall ; 

We'll  join  the  everlasting  song, 
And  crown  Him  Lord  of  aU. 


FIRST    SUNDAY    AFTER   EASTER.     155 


92.  THE  RISEN  SAVIOUR.  Ts 

WHEN  along  life's  tliorny  road, 
Faints  the  soul  beneath  its  load, 
By  its  cares  and  sins  oppressed. 
Finds  on  earth  no  peace  or  rest; 
When  the  wily  tempter's  near, 
Filling  us  with  doubts  and  fear; 
Jesus,  to  Thy  feet  we  flee, 
Jesus,  we  will  look  to  Thee. 

Thou,  our  Saviour,  from  the  throne 
List'nest  to  Thy  people's  moan; 
Thou,  the  living  Head,  dost  share 
Ev'ry  pang  Thy  members  bear; 
Full  of  tenderness  Thou  att. 
Thou  wilt  heal  the  broken  heart; 
Full  of  power.  Thine  arm  shall  quell. 
All  the  rage  and  might  of  hell. 

Mighty  to  redeem  and  save, 
Thou  hast  overcome  the  grave; 
Thou  the  bars  of  death  hast  riven, 
Open'd  wide  the  gate  of  heaven; 

tSoon  in  glory  Thou  shalt  come, 
Taking  Thy  poor  pilgrims  home: 
;-  Jesus,  then  we  all  shall  be. 

Ever,  ever,  Lord,  with  Thee  I 


156  EASTER    SEASON. 

SECOND  SUNDAY  AFTER  EASTER 

PSALM  LXXVI. 

Gospd:   St.  John  XX.  11-16   )   St.  John  xxi.  15-19. 
Epistle  :  1  Pet.  ii.  20-25         )   Rev.  vii.  13-17. 

f\  GOD,  who,  of  Thine  abundant  mercy,  hast 
begotten  us  again  unto  a  lively  hope,  by  the 
resurrection  of  Jesus  Christ  from  the  deiid  ;  let 
Thy  great  love  constrain  us,  we  beseech  Thee, 
to  rise  up,  forsake  all,  and  follow  Him ;  that  as 
we  have  been  redeemed  by  His  blood,  so  we  may 
walk  also  in  the  light  of  His  holy  example,  and 
be  joined  to  Him'evermore  as  the  Shepherd  and 
Bishop  of  our  souls:  to  whom,  with  Thee  and 
the  Holy  Ghost,  be  honor  and  glory,  world  with- 
out end.     Amen. 


93.  THE  INTERCESSION  OF  CHRIST.       L.  M 

HE  lives,  the  great  Redeemer  lives, 
"What  joy  the  blest  assurance  gives : 
And  now,  before  His  Father,  God, 
Pleads  the  full  merit  of  His  blood. 

Repeated  crimes  awake  our  fears. 
And  justice,  armed  with  frowns,  appears  ; 
But  in  the  Saviour's  lovely  face. 
Sweet  mercy  smiles,  and  all  is  peace. 


SECOX IX  SUNDAY    AFTER    EASTER.    157 

Hence,  then,  ye  black,  despairing  thoughts, 
Above  our  fears,  above  our  faults, 
His  powerful  intercessions  rise, 
And  guilt  recedes,  and  terror  dies. 

In  every  dark,  distressful  hour. 
When  sin  and  Satan  join  their  power, 
Let  this  dear  hope  repel  the  dart, 
That  Jesus  bears  us  on  His  heart. 

Great  Advocate,  Almighty  Friend! 
On  Him  our  humble  hopes  depend ; 
Our  cause  can  never,  cever  fail, 
For  Jesus  pleads,  and  must  prevail. 

94.  JESUS,  THE  GOOD  SHEPHERD.         L.  M 

BLEST  Jesus,  Shepherd,  I  Thy  lamb, 
Rejoice  in  Thee,  for  Thine  I  am  ; 
My  faithful  Guardian  ever  near, 
Shall  keep  my  soul  from  harm  and  fear. 

He  leads  me  by  His  tender  care. 
Where  fresh  and  smiling  pastures  are  ; 
And  to  my  thirsty  spirit  shows, 
Where  living  water  gently  flows. 

In  my  kind  Shepherd  I  rejoice, 
Obey  His  will,  and  hear  His  voice  ; 
Till  He  shall  bear  — 0,  joy  untold!^ 
His  lamb  into  the  heavenly  fold. 

Beneath  that  mild  celestial  sky, 

No  dreary  barren  deserts  lie ; 

But  pastures  green,  and  waters  bright. 

Smile  in  those  climes  of  glorious  light. 


168  EASTER    SSASOV. 

THIRD  SUNDAY  AFTER  EASTER. 

PSALM  LXVI. 

Gnspd:   St.  John  xvi.  16-22   )   St.  Matt.  x.  16-20 
Epistle:  1  Pet.  ii.  11-19  1   Acts  iv.  8-20. 

/^  OD  of  all  truth  and  grace,  who  hast  caused 
^  the  Sun  of  Righteousness  to  arise  upon  a 
dark  and  benighted  world,  in  bringing  up  Thy 
Holy  One  from  the  grave ;  be  pleased  graciously 
so  to  illuminate  the  souls  of  Thy  people  with  the 
beams  of  heavenly  wisdom,  that  they  may  con- 
tinually walk  in  Thy  light,  and  know  both  to 
avoid  evil  and  to  follow  after  that  which  is  good  : 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord,  who  liveth  and 
reigneth  with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  ever 
one  God.  world  without  end.     Amen 


95.  C.  M 

THE  CHURCH  OUR  DELIGHT  AND  SAFETY 

n^HE  Lord  of  glory  is  my  light, 
-»-      And  my  salvation  too  ; 
God  is  my  strength :  nor  will  I  fear 
What  all  my  foes  can  do. 

One  privilege  my  heart  desires ; 

0  grant  me  an  abode, 
Among  the  churches  of  Thy  saints. 

The  temples  of  my  God  I 


THIRD    SUNDAY    AFTER   EASTER.     159 

There  shall  I  offer  my  requests, 

And  see  Thy  beauty  still ; 
Shall  hear  Thy  messages  of  love, 

Aad  there  inquire  Thy  will. 

When  troubles  rise,  and  storms  appear, 
There  may  His  children  hide  ; 

God  has  a  strong  pavilion,  where 
He  makes  my  soul  abide. 

Now  shall  my  head  be  lifted  high 

Above  my  foes  around, 
And  songs  of  joy  and  victory 

AVithin  Thy  temple  sound. 

96.  JESUS,  THE  ONLY  SAVIOUR.  L.  M. 

JESUS,  the  spring  of  joys  divine, 
Whence  all  our  hopes  and  comforts  tow; 
Jesus,  no  other  name,   but  Thine, 
Can  save  us  from  eternal  woe. 

In  vain  would  boasting  reason  find 
The  way  to  happiness  and  God; 
Her  weak  directions  leave  the  mind 
Bewildered  in  a  dubious  road. 

No  other  name  will  heaven  approve; 
Thou  art  the  true,  the  living  way, 
Ordained  by  everlasting  love. 
To  the  bright  realms  of  endless  day. 

Safe  lead  us  through  this  world  of  night, 
And  bring  us  to  the  blissful  plains, 
The  regions  of  unclouded  light. 
Where  perfect  joy  forever  reigns 


160  EASTER     SEASON 


97.  THE  HEATENLY  HOME.  C    M 

OMY  sweet  home,  Jerusalem ! 
Thy  joys  when  shall  I  see? 
Thy  King  of  glory  on  His  throne, 
And  all  the  bliss  in  Thee? 

Jerusalem!  the  happy  seat  — 

Jehovah's  throne  on  high  ! 
0  sacred  city !  queen  and  spouse 

Of  Christ  eternally. 

There  is  the  Lamb  unspotted,  pure, 

Of  all  His  saints  the  light: 
And  they  His  happy  household  all, 

Do  praise  Him  day  and  night. 

0  happy  thousand  times  were  I, 
If,  after  wretched  days, 

1  might  with  listening  ears  enjoy 

Their  heavenly  songs  of  praise. 

Lord,  take  away  my  miseries. 

That  I,   'mid  joys  untold, 
With  Thee,  in  Thy  Jerusalem, 

Thy  glory  may  behold. 

Jerusalem!  Jerusalem! 

Thy  joys  fain  would  I  see ; 
Come  quickly.  Lord,  and  end  my  grief^ 

And  take  me  home  to  Thee. 


PENTECOSTAL    SEASON.  161 

PENTECOSTAL      SEA- 
SON. 

8.  THE   ANGELIC   HYMN.  L.  M 

GLORY  to  God  on  high  proclaim ! 
And  peace  on  earth,  good  will  to  men. 
We  praise,  we  bless,  we  worship  Thee, 
Thou  Three  in  One,  and  one  in  Three. 

0  Lord,  our  God,  the  heavenly  King, 

We  laud  Thy  Name,  give  thanks  and  sing: 

Almighty  Father,  uncreate. 

Thy  glorious  grace  we  celebrate. 

0  Christ,  Thou  true  and  only  Son, 
Begotten,  with  the  Father  one ; 
Have  mercy,  Jesus  Christ,  we  pray, 
And  take  our  heavy  guilt  away. 

The  world's  dread  sin  was  borne  by  Thee, 
0  Lamb  of  God,  upon  the  tree! 
Have  mercy  on  us  —  hear  our  prayer, 
Nor  let  our  guilty  souls  despair. 

Exalted  now  at  God's  right  hand, 
0  fit  us  for  that  heavenly  land  ; 
By  all  Thy  sorrows  here  below. 
Save,  save  us  from  eternal  woe! 

Thou  only  art,  0  Christ,  adored, 
Thou  only  art  the  holy  Lord ; 
Thee,  with  the  Father,  we  adore, 
And  Holy  Ghost,  for  evermore. 
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162  PENTECOSTAL    SEASON". 

FOTTRTH  SUNDAY  AFTER  EASTER. 

PSALM  XCVIII. 

Gospel:  St.  John  xvi.  5-15   )  St.  Matt.  x.  24-33. 
Epistle:  St.  James  i.  16-21     i   1  Thess.  ii.  9-13. 

A  GOD,  the  Father  of  lights,  from  whom 
^  Cometh  down  every  good  and  perfect  gift, 
and  who  art  Thyself  the  only  satisfying  portion 
of  the  souls  which  thou  hast  made ;  grant  as 
grace,  we  beseech  Thee,  to  raise  our  thoughts 
and  aflFections  from  earth  to  heaven,  and  to  breathe 
continually  after  Thy  presence;  that  so,  in  the 
midst  of  all  worldly  vanity  and  change,  our  hearts 
may  surely  there  be  fixed,  where  alone  are  to  be 
found  true  joys  and  everlasting  peace:  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 


i)9.  ASCENSION  OF  CHRIST.  7s. 

HAIL  the  day  that  sees  Ilira  rise, 
Glorious  to  His  native  skies  I 
Christ  awhile  to  mortals  given. 
Enters  now  the  gates  of  heaven. 

There  the  glorious  triumph  wait-s; 
Lift  your  heads,   eternal  gates  I 
Christ  hath  vanquished  death  and  sin ; 
Take  the  King  of  glory  in. 


POURTH  SUNDAY  AFTER  EASTER.   163 

See,  the  heaven  its  Lord  receives  I 
Yet  He  loves  the  earth  Fie  leaves; 
Though  returning  to  His  throne, 
Still  He  calls  mankind  His  own. 

Still  for  us  He  intercedes, 
His  prevailing  death  he  pleads; 
Near  Himself  prepares  our  place, 
Great  Forerunner  of  our  race. 

What,  though  parted  from  our  sight, 
Far  above  yon  starry  height; 
Thither  our  affections  rise. 
Following  Him  beyond  the  skies. 

100.         ISSUES  OF  LIFE  AND  DEATH.         S.    M 

OH!  where  shall  rest  be  found, 
Rest  for  the  weary  soul ! 
'T  were  vain  the  ocean's  depth  to  sound. 
Or  pierce  to  either  pole. 

The  world  can  never  give 

The  bliss  for  which  we  sigh  ; 

'Tis  not  the  wliole  of  life  to  live. 
Nor  all  of  death  to  die. 

Beyond  this  vale  of  tears 

There  is  a  life  above, 
Unmeasur'd  by  the  flight  of  years  — 

And  all  that  life  is  love. 

There  is  a  death  whose  pang 

Outlasts  the  fleeting  breath : 
Oh !   what  eternal  horrors  hang 

Around  the  second  death. 


164  PENTECOSTAL    SEASON. 

Lord  God  of  truth  and  grace  1 
Teach  us  that  death  to  shun:  — 

Lest  we  be  driven  from  Thy  face, 
And  evermore  undone. 

Here  would  we  end  our  quest  — 

Alone  are  found  in  Thee 
The  life  of  perfect  love  —  the  rest 

Of  immortality. 

101  THE  LOVE  OF  JESUS.  L.  M 

JESUS,  most  merciful  and  kind, 
Beloved  and  loving,  both  combined; 
Jesus,   Thou  good  and  gracious  One, 
Of  Mary  and  of  God,  the  Son. 

Who  can  conceive,  or  who  record. 
What  bliss  it  is  to  love  Thee,  Lord! 
To  dwell  in  humble  faith  with  Thee, 
Is  boundless,  full  felicity. 

Let  saints  below  and  saints  above. 
Show  forth  Thy  faithful,   endless  love ; 
And  know  the  joy  Thy  people  see, 
Who  suffer  and  who  weep  with  Thee. 

Infinite  Majesty  above! 

Our  Hope,  our  Life,  our  joy  and  love ; 

Thy  fulness,  Jesus,  let  us  see, 

And  evermore  abide  in  Thee. 

Thus,  seeing  and  enjoying  Thee, 
In  earth  and  heaven  our  joy  shall  be; 
And  grateful  praise  to  Thee  be  given, 
Through  all  the  olissful  life  of  heaven  I 


FIFTH    SUNDAY    AFTER   EASTES.      165 

FiriH  SUNDAY  AFTER  EASTER. 

PSALM  LXVII 

Goapel:   St.  John  xvi.  23-33   ;   St.  Luke  xi.  9-13. 
Epistle:  St.  James  i.  22-27       i   1  Tim.  ii.  1-6. 

■XrOUCHSAFE  unto  us,  0  Lord,  the  inspiration* 
'  of  Thy  salutary  grace,  and  quickeu  us  ac« 
cording  to  Thy  word;  that  knowing  what  is  right, 
and  approving  that  which  is  good,  we  may,  by 
patient  continuance  in  well-doing,  seek  for  glory 
and  honor  and  immortality;  and  so  finally,  hav- 
ing escaped  the  corruption  that  is  in  the  world 
through  lust,  find  an  entrance  ministered  unto  us 
abundantly  into  the  everlasting  kingdom  of  our 
Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ:  to  whom,  with 
Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  honor  and  glory, 
world  without  end.     Amen. 


102.  CHRIST  OUR  ALL.  C-  M. 

IF  Christ  is  mine,  then  all  is  mine, 
And  more  than  angels  know ; 
Both  present  things  and  things  to  come, 
And  grace  and  glory  too. 

If  Christ  is  mine,  let  friends  forsake, 

And  earthly  comforts  flee : 
He,  the  full  source  of  every  good, 

Is  more  than  all  to  me. 


166  PENTECOSTAL    SEASON. 

If  Christ  is  mine,  unharmed  I  pass 
Through  death's  dark  dismal  vale, 

He  '11  be  my  comfort  and  my  stay, 
When  heart  and  flesh  shall  fail. 

0  Christ !  assure  me  Thou  art  mine, 

I  nothing  want  beside  ; 
My  soul  shall  at  the  Fountain  live, 

When  all  the  streams  are  dried! 


103.    COMMUNION  WITH  GOD  AND  CHRIST.   S .  iL 

OUR  heavenly  Father  calls, 
And  Christ  invites  us  near ; 
With  both  our  friendship  shall  be  sweet. 
And  our  communion  dear. 

God  pities  all  our  griefs; 

He  pardons  ev'ry  day ; 
Almighty  to  protect  our  souls, 

And  wise  to  guide  our  way. 

How  large  His  bounties  are; 

What  various  stores  of  good, 
Difi'us'd  from  our  Redeemer's  hand, 

And  purchas'd  with  His  blood! 

Jesus,  our  living  Head, 

We  bless  Thy  faithful  care ; 

Our  Advocate  before  the  throne, 
And  our  Forerunner  there. 

Here  fix  my  roving  heart! 

Here  wait,  my  warmest  love ! 
Till  the  communion  be  complete 

^n  nobler  scenes  above. 


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ASCENSION    DAY.  167 

ASCENSION    DAY. 

PSALM  XXIV.;  XLVIL 

Gosinl:   St  Mark  xvi.  14-20  )   St.  Luke  xxiv.  49-53. 
Epiitle:  Acts  i.  1-11  S  Eph.  i.  15-23. 

A  LMIGHTY  and  everlasting  God,  who  on  this 
day  didst  glorify  Thy  Son  Jesus,  by  receiv- 
ing Him  up  into  heaven,  and  setting  Him  at 
Thine  own  right  hand,  far  above  all  principality, 
and  power,  and  might,  and  dominion,  and  every 
name  that  is  named,  not  only  in  this  World,  but 
also  in  that  which  is  to  come ;  work  in  us,  we 
beseech  Thee,  such  firm  and  abiding  faith  in  this 
mystery  as  may  raise  us  in  heart  and  mind  above 
all  things  here  below,  to  dwell  with  Christ  in 
heavenly  places,  and  to  possess  in  Him  our  true 
life;  so  thatwl  *ji  He  shall  appear  again,  accoifd- 
ing  to  His  woid,  we  also  may  appear  with  Him 
in  glory  everlasting:  to  whom,  with  Thee  and 
the  Holy  Ghost,  be  all  worship  and  praise,  world 
without  end.     Amen. 


104.  7s 

THE  KESURRECTION  AND  ASCENSION  OF  CHRIST. 

ANGELS!  roll  the  rock  away! 
Death!  yield  up  thy  mighty  prey* 
See  !  the  Saviour  quits  the  tomb, 
Glowing  with  immortal  bloom. 


163  PENTECOSTAL    SEASON. 

Shout  ye  seraphs,  Gabriel,  raise 
Fame's  eternal  trump  of  praise  I 
Let  the  earth's  remotest  bound 
Echo  to  the  blissful  sound. 

Now,  ye  saints,  lift  up  your  eyes  I 
See  the  conqu'ror  mount  the  skies; 
Troops  of  angels  on  the  road, 
Hail,  and  sing  th'  incarnate  God. 

Ileav'n  unfolds  her  portals  wide  1 
Glorious  Hero!  through  them  ridel 
King  of  glory  !  mount  Thy  throne  — 
Boundless  empire  is  Thine  own. 

Praise  Him,  ye  celestial  choirs  ! 
Praise  and  sweep  your  golden  lyres  I 
Praise  Him  in  the  noblest  songs. 
From  ten  thousand  thousand  tongues. 

105.  ASCENSION  OP   CURIST.  L.  M 

OUR  Lord  is  risen  from  the  dead, 
Our  Jesus  is  gone  up  on  high; 
The  pow'rs  of  hell  are  captive  led  — 
Dragg'd  to  the  portals  of  the  sky. 

There  His  triumphal  chariot  waits, 
And  angels  chant  the  solemn  lay: 
*'  Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  heav'nly  gates  I 
Ye  everlasting  doors,  give  way!" 

Loose  all  your  bars  of  massy  light, 
And  wide  unfold  the  radiant  scene; 

He  claims  those  mansions  as  His  right  — 
Receive  the  King  of  Glory  in. 


ASCENSION    DAY.  169 

•*  Who  is  this  King  of  Glory,  who  ? " 

The  Lord,  that  all  His  foes  o'ercame ; 
The  world,  sin,  death,  and  hell  o'erihrew, 
And  Jesus  is  the  conqu'ror's  name. 

Lol  his  triumphal  chariot  waits. 
And  angels  chant  the  solemn  lay: 
*♦  Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  heav'nly  gates ! 
Ye  everlasting  doors,  give  way ! " 

•♦Who  is  the  King  of  Glory,  who!" 

The  Lord  of  boundless  pow'r  possest; 
The  King  of  saints  and  angels  too, 
God  over  all,  forever  blest  I 


170  PENTECOSTAL     SEASON. 

SUNDAY  AFTER  ASCENSION  DAY. 

PSALM  XXVII. 

Gospel:   St.  John  xv.  26;  xtI.  1   i    St.  John  vii.  3S-39. 
Epistle .  1  Pet.  iv.  7-11  )   Acts  xix.  1-7. 

^\  GOD,  the  King  of  glory,  who  through  the 
Resurrection  and  Ascension  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  hast  opened  the  kingdom  of  heaven 
to  all  believers ;  leave  us  not  orphans,  we  be- 
seech Thee,  in  our  weary  mortal  state,  but  send 
unto  us  the  Holy  Ghost,  the  Comforter;  who 
may  guide  us  always  in  the  way  of  truth  and 
peace,  and  bring  us  in  the  end  to  those  man- 
sions of  rest  in  which  Christ  now  dwells  and 
reigns :  to  whom,  with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost, 
be  honor  and  glory,  world  without  end.     Amen. 


106.    KEDEEMER  PRAISED  BY  ANGELS.     C.  M 

BEYOND  the  glitt'ring  starry  skies, 
Far  as  th'  eternal  hills, 
There,  in  the  boundless  worlds  of  light, 
Our  dear  Redeemer  dwells. 

Legions  of  angels  round  His  throne 

In  countless  armies  shine  ; 
At  His  right  hand,  with  golden  harps, 

They  offer  songs  divine. 


SUNDAY    AFTER    ASCENSION    DAT.    171 

•*  Hail,  glorious  Prince  of  Peace,"  they  cry, 
"Whose  unexampled  love 
Mov'd  Thee  to  quit  those  blissful  realms, 
And  royalties  above." 

Thro'  all  His  travels  here  below, 

They  did  His  steps  attend, 
Oft  wond'ring  how,  or  where,  at  last, 

This  mystic  scene  would  end. 

They  saw  His  heart  tranfix'd  with  wounds, 
And  view'd  the  crimson  gore; 

They  saw  Him  break  the  bars  of  death, 
Which  none  e'er  broke  before. 

They  brought  His  chariot  from  above, 

To  bear  Him  to  His  throne ; 
Clapp'd  their  triumphant  wings,  and  cried, 

*'  The  glorious  work  is  done." 


107.  REDEMPTION   FINISHED.  C.  M 

TRIUMPHANT,  Christ  ascends  (m  tiigo 
The  glorious  work  complete; 
Sin,  death,  and  hell,  low  vanquished  lie, 
Beneath  His  awful  feet. 

There,  with  eternal  glory  crcwn'd, 
The  Lord,  the  Conqueror  reigns ; 

His  praise  the  heavenly  choirs  resoirsi 
In  their  immortal  strains. 

Amid  the  splendors  of  His  throne, 

Unchanging  love  appears ; 
The  names  He  purchased  for  His  ow 

Still  on  His  heart  He  bears. 


172  PENTECOSTAL    SEASON. 

0  the  rich  depths  of  love  diviuel 

Of  bliss,  a  boundless  store! 
Dear  Saviour,  let  me  call  Thee  mine; 

I  cannot  wish  for  more. 

On  Thee  alone  my  hope  relies; 

Beneath  Thy  cross  I  fall, — 
My  Lord,  my  Life,  my  Sacrifice, 

My  Saviour  and  my  All. 

Let  God  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 

And  Spirit  be  adored. 
Where  there  are  works  to  make  Him  known, 

Or  saiuta  to  love  the  Lord. 


WHITMONDAT.  173 

WHITSUNDAY. 

PSALM  LXVIII. 

Gospd:   St.  John  xiv.  15-31  7  Joel  ii,  28-32. 
Epistle:  Acts  ii.  1-11  J  Acts  ii.  22-41. 

r^  OD  of  all  peace  and  consolation,  who  diJst 
gloriously  fulfil  the  great  promise  of  the 
Gospel,  by  sending  down  Thy  Holy  Ghost  on  the 
day  of  Pentecost,  to  establish  the  Church  as  the 
home  of  His  continual  presence  and  power  among 
men;  mercifully  grant  unto  us,  we  beseech  Thee, 
this  same  gift  of  the  Spirit,  to  renew,  illuminate, 
refresh,  and  sanctify  our  dying  souls,  to  be  over 
us  and  around  us  like  the  light  and  dew  of 
heaven,  and  to  be  in  us  evermore  as  a  well  of 
water  springing  up  into  everlasting  life :  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord,  to  whom,  with  Thee  and 
the  Holy  Ghost,  ever  one  God,  be  honor  and 
glory,  world  without  end.     Amen. 


WHITMONDAY. 

Gospel :  St.  John  iii.  16-21  \   St.  John  iv.  8-2A. 
Epistle:  Acts  viii.  34-48       J    Acts  x.  34-48. 

IV/rOST  glorious  and  blessed  God,  who,  through 
■'■■'■  the  Holy  Ghost,  hast  made  Thy  one  Catho- 
lic Church  to  be  the  Body  of  Christ,  th«  fulnesa 


174  PENTECOSTAL     SEASON. 

of  Him  that  filleth  all  in  all ;  we  humbly  be«ee«b 
Thee  to  grant  unto  us,  and  to  all  Thy  pj^-ople, 
such  strong  and  steadfast  faith  in  this  great 
mystery  of  grace,  that  being  safely  defended 
from  all  heresy  and  schism,  we  may  ever  abide 
in  the  unity  of  the  Spirit,  and  so  grow  up  into 
Him  in  all  things  which  is  the  Head,  even 
Christ:  to  whom,  with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost, 
ever  one  God,  be  all  honor  and  praise,  world 
without  end.     Ainen. 


108.       THE  LEADINGS  OF  THE  SPIRIT.       L.  M. 

COME,   gracious  Spirit,  heav'nly  Dove, 
With  light  and  comfort  from  above  ; 
Be  Thou  our  Guardian,  Thou  our  Guide! 
O'er  ev'ry  thought  and  step  preside. 

Conduct  us  safe,   conduct  us  far 
From  ev'ry  sin  and  hurtful  snare: 
Lead  to  Thy  word  that  rules  must  give. 
And  teach  us  lessons  how  to  live. 

The  light  of  truth  to  us  display. 

And  make  us  know  and  choose  Thy  way; 

Plant  holy  fear  in  ev'ry  heart, 

That  we  from  God  may  ne'er  depart. 

Lead  us  to  holiness — the  road 
That  we  must  take  to  dwell  with  God ; 
Lead  us  to  Christ  —  the  living  way, 
Nor  let  us  from  His  pasture  stray. 


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WHITMONDAT.  175 

Lead  us  to  God,  our  final  rest, 
In  His  enjoyment  to  be  blest; 
Lead  us  to  heav'n,  the  seat  of  bliss, 
Where  pleasure  in  pei-fection  is. 


109.  PRAYER  FOR  THE  SPIRIT.  0    M 

COME,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 
With  all  Thy  quickening  powers, 
Kindle  a  flame  of  sacred  love 
In  these  cold  hearts  of  ours. 


Look  how  we  grovel  here  below, 
Fond  of  these  trifling  toys : 

Our  souls  can  neither  fly  nor  go, 
To  reach  eternal  joys. 

In  vain  we  Vane  our  formal  songs, 
In  vain  we  strive  to  rise  ; 

Hosanna.s  languish  on  our  tongues, 
And  our  devotion  dies. 

Dear  Lord,  and  shall  we  ever  live 

At  this  poor  dying  rate ; 
Our  love  80  faint,   so  cold  to  Thee, 

And  Thine  to  us  so  great  ? 

Come,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 
With  all  Thy  quickening  powers. 

Come,  shed  abroad  a  Saviour's  love, 
And  that  shall  kindle  ours. 


1/G  PENTECOSTAL     SEASON. 

110.  L.  M. 

THE  SPIRIT,  ETERNAL  AND   ALMIGHTY. 

ETERNAL  Spirit,  we  confess 
And  sing  the  wonders  of  Thy  grace: 
Thy  power  conveys  our  blessings  down. 
From  God  the  Father,  and  the  Son. 

Enlightened  by  Thy  heavenly  ray, 
Our  shades  and  darkness  turn  to  day  ; 
Thine  inward  teachings  make  us  know 
Our  danger,  and  our  refuge  too. 

Thy  power  and  glory  work  within, 
And  break  the  chains  of  reigning  sin; 
Do  our  imperious  lusts  subdue, 
And  form  our  wretched  hearts  anew. 

The  troubled  conscience  knows  Thy  voice. 
Thy  cheering  words  awake  our  joys; 
Thy  words  allay  the  stormy  wind, 
And  calm  the  surges  of  the  mind. 


111.  THE  SPIRIT  OF  LIFE.  L.  3L 

0  SPIRIT  of  the  living  God, 
In  all  Thy  plenitude  of  grace. 
Where'er  the  foot  of  man  hath  trod, 
Descend  on  our  apostate  race. 

Give  tongues  of  fire,  and  hearts  of  love 
To  preach  the  reconciling  word ; 

Give  power  and  unction  from  above. 
Where'er  the  joyful  sound  is  heard. 


WHITMONDAT.  177 

Be  darkness,  at  Thy  coming,  light; 

Confusion,   order  in  Thy  path  ; 
Souls  without  strength  inspire  with  might ; 

Bid  mercy  triumph  over  wrath. 

Baptize  the  nations ;  far  and  nigh 
The  triumphs  of  the  cross  record; 

The  name  of  Jesus  glorify, 

Till  every  kindred  call  Him  Lord. 

O  Spirit  of  the  Lord!  prepare 

All  the  round  earth  her  God  to  meet; 

Breathe  Thou  abroad  like  morning  air, 
Till  hearts  of  stone  begin  to  beat 


178  CHURCH    SEASON. 

THE 

CHUHCH     SEASON. 

112.  TE   DEUM.  L.   iM 

PART     I. 

OGOD,  -wo  praise  Thee,  and  adore, 
Confess  Thee  Lord  for  evermore ; 
All  the  -wide  earth  doth  worship  Thee, 
The  Father  everlastingly. 

To  Thee  aloud  all  angels  cry. 

The  heavens  and  all  the  powers  on  high ; 

The  Cherubim  and  Seraphim 

Sing  Thee  an  everlasting  Hymn. 

Hail  I  holy,  h  ^iy,  holy  Lord, 
Shout  all  Thy  hosts  in  grand  accoH; 
Heaven  and  earth  are  full  of  Thet,  — 
Full  of  Thy  glorious  majesty. 

The  Apostles'  glorious  company : 
The  Prophets'  goodly  unity: 
The  Martyrs'  noble  army,  praise 
Age  after  age  Thy  glorious  ways. 

Thy  Holy  Church  in  all  the  world 
Her  conquering  banner  hath  unfurl'd; 
And  firmly  doth  acknowledge  Thee 
Father  of  infinite  majesty. 


SEASON.  179 


Thine  only  Son  we  worship  too, 
Divine   adorable,  and  true  ; 
Also  the  Holy  Ghost  adore. 
Our  Comforter  for  evermore. 


PART     II. 

HAIL!  hail!  0  Christ,  Thou  glorious  One, 
The  Father's  everlasting  Sonl 
From  sin  and  death  to  set  us  free, 
Thou  com'st  in  great  humility. 

When  Thou  hadst  overcome  all  foes 

By  sharpest  agonies  and  woes; 

For  all  believers  Thou  didst  win 

Heaven's  Kingdom  strong  o'er  hell  and  sin. 

At  God's  right  hand  exalted  now, 
The  Father's  glory  decks  Thy  brow ; 
And  we  believe  that  Thou  shalt  come 
As  Judge  to  take  Thy  ransomed  home. 

Oh!  help  Thy  servants,  Saviour,  God, 
Redeemed  by  Thy  most  precious  blood  : 
And,  numbered  with  Thy  saints,  may  we 
In  glory  everlasting  be. 


PART     III. 

OLORD,  Thy  people  save ;  and  bless 
Thy  heritage  of  righteousness ; 
Still  govern  them  with  love  and  grace. 
And  lift  them  up  before  Thy  face. 


laO  CHURCH     SEASON, 

Thee,  day  by  day,  we  magnify, 
Exalting  Thee,  0  Lord,  most  high  ; 
Thy  name  we  worship  and  adore 
World  without  end,  for  evermore. 

Vouchsafe,  0  Lord,  to  keep  us  free 
This  day  from  sin  and  vanity. 
O  Lord,  have  mercy  —  hear  our  plea 
Have  mercy  as  we  trust  in  Thee. 

0  Lord,  have  mercy  —  still  we  cry, 
0  Lord,  have  mercy  —  lest  we  die; 
O  let  us  ne'er  confounded  be, 
Save  save  Thy  saints  who  trust  in  Thee 


I 


TRINITY    SUNDAY.  181 


TRINITY   SUNDAY. 

PSALM  Yin. 

Gospel:   St.  John  iii.  1-15  )   St.  Matt  xxviii.  18-20 
Epiitie:  Rev.  iv.  1-11  J   1  John  v-  1-12. 

A  GOD,  the  Creator  and  Saviour  of  the  world, 
^  who  hast  made  Thyself  known  in  the  work 
of  man's  redemption,  as  the  Mystery  of  the  ever 
adorable  Trinity,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
Three  in  One  and  One  in  Three ;  reveal  in  us,  we 
beseech  Thee,  the  full  power  of  this  faith,  into 
which  we  have  been  planted  by  baptism ;  that 
being  born  of  water  and  of  the  Spirit,  we  may 
by  a  life  of  holiness  be  formed  into  Thine  image 
here,  and  rise  to  Thy  blissful  presence  hereafter: 
there  to  join,  with  the  song  of  the  seraphim,  in 
praising  Thee,  world  without  end.     Amen. 


113.  THE  TRINITT.  L.  M. 

OHOLY,  holy,  holy  Lord! 
Bright  in  Thy  deeds  and  in  Thy  namv 
Forever  be  Thy  name  adored. 

Thy  glories  let  the  world  proclaim  I 


182  CHURCH     SEASON. 

0  Jesus,  Lamb  once  crucified 
To  take  our  load  of  sin  away, 

Thine  be  the  hymn  that  rolls  its  tide 
Along  the  realms  of  upper  day ! 

0  Holy  Spirit  from  above, 

In  streams  of  light  and  glory  given, 
Thou  source  of  ecstacy  and  love, 

Thy  praises  ring  through  earth  and  heaf'a 

0  God  Triune,  to  Thee  we  owe 

Our  every  thought,  our  every  song ; 

And  ever  may  Thy  praises  flow 

From  saint  and  seraph's  burning  tongue. 


114.  THE  MINOR  DOXOLOGY.         8s  &  7». 

GLORY  be  to  God  the  Father; 
Glory  be  to  God  the  Son; 
Glory  be  to  God  the  Spirit, 
One  in  Three,  and  Three  in  One. 

Glory,  as  in  the  beginning ; 
Glory,  as  we  now  extend ; 
Glory,  as  it  ever  shall  be, 
Triune  God,  world  without  end. 


115.  THE   SERAPHIC.  HYMN.  Ts 

HOLY,  Holy,  Holy,  cry 
Seraph  hosts  to  God  most  high; 
The  whole  earth  is  full  of  Thee, 
God  of  glorious  majesty. 


TRINITY    SUNDAF,  183 

Holy,   Holy,  Holy  Lord, 
By  the  hosts  of  heaven  adored  ; 
While  from  earth  redeemed  mea 
Answer  back  with  loud  Amen! 

Holy,   Holy,   Holy  be 
The  holy  One  in  Trinity : 
Praise  we,  with  the  heavenly  ho6t| 
Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Qhoft 


184  CHURCH    SEASON, 


FIRST  SUNDAY  AFTER  TRINITY 

PSALM   CXXXIII. 

Gospel:  St.  Luke  xvi.  19-^1  \  St.  Matt.  xvii.  13-20. 
Epistle:  1  John  iv.  7-21         J    Eph.  ii.  19-22. 

A  GOD,  the  strength  of  all  them  that  put  their 
^  trust  in  Thee,  who  hast  not  appointed  ua 
unto  wrath,  but  to  obtain  salvation  by  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ ;  because  through  the  weakness  of 
our  mortal  nature  we  can  do  no  good  thing  with- 
out Thee,  we  beseech  Thee  to  grant  us  the  help 
of  Thy  grace,  and  to  breathe  into  us  that  divine 
charity  which  is  the  fulfilling  of  the  law;  that 
in  keeping  Thy  commandments  we  may  please 
Thee  both  in  will  and  deed,  and  be  counted 
worthy,  after  the  suflFerings  of  this  life,  to  reign 
with  Christ  in  heaven :  to  whom,  with  Thee  and 
the  Holy  Ghost,  be  honor  and  glory,  world  with- 
out end.     Amen. 


116.  RENOUNCING  THE   WORLD.  L.  M. 

I  SEND  the  joys  of  earth  away ; 
Away,  ye  tempters  of  the  mind, 
False  as  the  smooth,  deceitful  sea. 
And  empty  as  the  whistling  wind. 


FIRST    SUNDAY.  185 

Now  to  the  shining  realms  above, 

I  stretch  my  hands,  and  glance  my  eyes : 

Oh  !  for  the  pinions  of  a  dove, 
To  bear  me  to  the  upper  skies. 

There  from  the  bosom  of  my  God, 
Oceans  of  endless  pleasure  roll ; 

There  would  I  fix  my  last  abode, 
Aud  drown  the  sorrows  of  my  souL 


117.  CHARITY.  C.  M. 

0  GRACIOUS  Lord,  Thou  Source  divine, 
Of  Goodness  from  above; 
Shed  on  this  selfish  heart  of  mine 
The  grace  of  heavenly  love. 

Let  charity's  celestial  fire 

Within  my  bosom  glow ; 
That  I  the  good  Thou  givest  mo 

On  others  may  bestow. 

Baptized,  0  Lord,  with  love  divine, 

How  blessed  shall  I  be ; 
For  I  shall  fully  learn  to  love. 

And  loving  dwell  in  Thee. 


118.  hOYE.  C.  M 

LET  love  through  all  our  actions  run. 
And  all  our  words  be  mild ; 
Like  Christ's,  the  blessed  Virgin's  Son, 
That  sweet  and  lovely  child. 


186  CHURCH     SEASON. 

His  soul  was  gentle  as  a  lamb ; 

And,  as  His  stature  grew, 
He  grew  in  favor  both  with  man, 

And  God  His  Father  too. 

Now,  Lord  of  all,  He  reigns  above, 
And  from  His  heavenly  throne, 

He  sees  what  children  dwell  in  love» 
And  marks  them  for  His  ottb. 


SECOND     SUNDAY.  187 

SECOND  SUNDAY  AFTER  TRINITY 

PSALM   XXXIV. 

Gospd:  St.  Luke  xiv.  16-24  -^  St.  Matt  xviii.  11-20. 
Epistle:  1  John  iii.  13-24        j"  Eph.  It.  4^16. 

A  LMIGHTY  and  everlasting  God,  the  source 
of  all  life  and  joy,  who,  by  the  glad  sound 
of  the  gospel,  hast  called  us  to  have  part  in  Thy 
kingdom  and  glory;  shine  powerfully  into  our 
hearts,  we  beseech  Thee,  by  Thy  word  and 
Spirit,  and  draw  us  with  the  cords  of  Thy  con- 
straining grace ;  that  we  may  heartily  choose 
that  good  part  which  shall  not  be  taken  away 
from  us,  and  give  all  diligence  to  make  our  call- 
ing and  election  sure :  through  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord.     Amen. 


119.        GOD  THE  BELIEVER'S   PORTION.      Q.lsl. 

MY  God,  my  portion,   and  my  love, 
My  everlasting  All, 
I've  none  but  Thee  in  heaven  above, 
Or  on  this  earthly  ball. 

What  empty  things  are  all  the  skies, 

And  this  inferior  clod ! 
There's  nothing  here  deserves  my  joys, 

There  's  nothing  like  my  God. 


188  CHURCH     SEASON. 

In  vain  the  bright,  the  burning  snn 

Scatters  his  feeble  light; 
'T  is  Thy  sweet  beams  create  my  noon  ; 
If  Thou  withdraw,  'tis  night. 

To  Thee  we  owe  our  wealth  and  friends, 

And  health  and  safe  abode: 
Thanks  to  Thy  name  for  meaner  things; 

But  they  are  not  my  God. 

"Were  I  possessor  of  the  earth, 
And  called  the  stars  my  own ; 

Without  Thy  graces  and  Thyself, 
I  were  a  wretch  undone. 

Let  others  stretch  their  arras  like  seaa, 

And  grasp  in  all  the  shore ; 
Grant  me  the  visits  of  Thy  face, 

And  I  desire  no  more. 

120.  EARLY  PIETY.  C   M- 

WHEN  we  devote  our  youth  to  God, 
'T  is  pleasing  in  His  eyes : 
A  flower,  when  offered  in  the  bud, 
Is  no  vain  sacrifice. 

To  Thee,  Almighty  God,  to  Thee, 

Our  childhood  we  resign ; 
'Twill  please  us  to  look  back  and  sea 

That  our  whole  lives  were  Thine. 

Let  the  sweet  work  of  prayer  and  praise 
Employ  our  youngest  breath ; 

Thus  we're  prepared  for  longer  days. 
Or  fit  for  early  death. 


THIRD     SUNDAY.  189 

THIRD  SUNDAY  AFTER  TRINITY. 

PSALM   LXXIX. 

Gospel:  St.  Luke  xt.  1-10  ■>  St.  John  xy.  1-14. 


■>  St.  Joh 
S  1  Ccr. 


Epistle:  1  Pet.  t.  5-11         J  1  Ccr.  xii.  12-27. 

i\  GOD,  the  Lord,  strong  to  deliver  and  mighty 
to  save,  who  hast  been  the  refuge  and 
dwelling-place  of  Thy  people  in  all  generation-s ; 
perfect  in  us,  we  beseech  Thee,  the  work  of  Thy 
converting  grace,  and  be  pleased  to  confirm  ua 
in  every  good  purpose  and  deed ;  that  having 
been  called  into  the  way  of  righteousness,  we 
may  have  power  to  continue  steadfastly  in  the 
same  until  the  day  of  Jesus  Christ :  to  whom, 
with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  all  honor  and 
praise,  world  without  end.     Amen. 


121.  THE  LAMB  THAT  WAS   SLAIN.      C.   M, 

COME  let  us  join  our  cheerful  songs 
With  angels  round  the  throne; 
Ten  thousand  thousand  are  their  tongues, 
But  all  their  joys  are  one. 

*«  Worthy  the  Lamb  that  died,"  they  cry, 

"To  be  exalted  thus;" 
"Worthy  the  Lamb,"  our  lips  reply, 

*'For  He  was  slain  for  us." 


190  CHURCH    SEASON. 

Jesus  is  worthy  to  receive 
Honor  and  pow'r  divine; 

And  blessings  more  than  we  can  gite, 
Be,  Lord,  forever  Thine. 


Let  all  that  dwell  above  the  sky, 
And  air,  and  earth,  and  seas, 

Conspire  to  lift  Thy  glories  high, 
And  speak  Thine  endless  praise. 

The  whole  creation  join  in  one, 
To  bless  the  sacred  name 

Of  Him  who  sits  upon  the  throne, 
And  to  adore  the  Lamb. 


122.  FAITH  IN   CHRIST.  6s  &  4it, 

MY  faith  looks  up  to  Thee, 
Thou  Lamb  of  Calvary, 
Saviour  divine: 
Now  hear  me  while  I  pray; 
Take  all  my  guilt  away ; 
0  let  me  from  this  day 
Be  wholly  Thine. 

May  Thy  rich  grace  impart 
Strength  to  my  fainting  heart, 

My  zeal  inspire ; 
As  Thou  hast  died  for  me, 
O  may  my  love  to  Thee, 
Pure,  warm,  and  changeless  be  — 

A  living  fire. 


THIRD     SUNDAY.  191 

While  life's  dark  maze  I  tread, 
And  griefs  around  me  spread, 

Be  Thou  my  guide  ; 
Bid  darkness  turn  to  day, 
Wipe  sorrow's  tears  away, 
Nor  let  me  ever  stray 

From  Thee  aside. 

When  ends  life's  transient  dream. 
When  death's  cold,  sullen  stream 

Shall  o'er  me  roll ; 
Blest  Saviour,   then,  in  love, 
Fear  and  distrust  remoTaj 
0  bear  me  safe  above  — 

A  raasomed  souL 


192  CHURCH    SEASOK. 


FOURTH  SUNDAY  AFTER  TRINITY 
PSALM  cm. 

Gospel.    St  Luke  vi.  36-42  1    St.  John  iii.  1-8. 
Epistle:  Rom.  viii.  18-23      j  Gal.  iii.  26-29. 

f\  GOD,  whose  favor  is  life,  and  in  whose  pre. 
sence  there  is  fulness  of  peace  and  joy ; 
vouchsafe  unto  us,  we  beseech  Thee,  such  an 
abiding  sense  of  the  reality  and  glory  of  those 
things  which  Thou  hast  prepared  for  them  that 
love  Thee,  as  may  serve  to  raise  us  above  the 
vanity  of  this  present  world,  both  in  its  pleasures 
and  in  its  necessary  trials  and  pains ;  so  that 
under  Thy  guidance  and  help  all  things  here 
ehall  work  together  for  our  everlasting  salvation: 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 


123.  SAFETY  IN  GOD  S.   M 

WHEN  overwhelm'd  with  grief. 
My  heart  within  me  dies; 
Helpless  and  far  from  all  relief, 
To  heav'n  I'll  lift  mine  eyea. 


FOURTH     SUNDAY.  193 

O  lead  me  to  the  rock 

That's  high  above  my  head; 

And  make  the  covert  of  Thy  wings 
My  shelter  and  my  shade. 

Within  Thy  presence,  Lord, 

Forever  I'll  abide ; 
Thou  art  the  tow'r  of  my  defence. 

The  refuge  where  I  hide. 

Thou  givest  me  the  lot 

Of  those  that  fear  Thy  name; 

If  endless  life  be  their  reward, 
I  shall  possess  the  same. 

124.  JERUSALEM  ABOVE.  C.  M. 

JERUSALEM,  my  happy  home, 
Name  ever  dear  to  me ! 
When  shall  my  labors  have  an  end, 
In  joy  and  peace  and  thco? 

When  shall  these  eyes  thy  heaven-built  walla 

And  pearly  gates  behold? 
Thy  bulwarks,   with  salvation  strong, 

And  streets  of  shining  gold  ? 

Oh !  when,  thou  city  of  my  God, 

Shall  I  thy  courts  ascend, 
Where  congregations  ne'er  break  up. 

And  sabbaths  have  no  end  ? 

There  happier  bowers  than  Eden's  bloom, 

Nor  sin  nor  sorrow  know : 
Blest  seats,  through  rude  and  stormy  scenes, 

I  onward  press  to  you. 

18 


194  CHURCH     SEASON. 

Why  should  I  shrink  at  pain  and  wo«, 

Or  feel  at  death,  dismay? 
I  've  Canaan's  goodly  land  in  view, 

And  realms  of  endless  day. 
« 
Apostles,  martyrs,  prophets  there 

Around  my  Saviour  stand  ; 
And  soon  my  friends  in  Christ  beloWi 

Will  join  the  glorious  band. 

Jerusalem,  my  glorious  home, 
My  soul  still  pants  for  thee; 

Then  shall  my  labors  have  an  esdi 
When  I  thy  joys  shall  e«e. 


FIFTH    SUNDAY.  196 


FIFTH  SUNDAY  AFTER  TRINITY 

PSALM  CXXXII. 

Gospel:  St.  Luke  t.  1-11  t  St.  Jchn  vi.  47-59. 
Epistlt:  1  Pet.  iii.  8-15      j   Acts  ii.  41-47. 

riAUSE  Thy  Church  to  arise  and  shine,  0  Lor^i. 
^'  and  let  her  ministers  be  clotlied  with  right 
eoosness  and  salvation ;  that  Thy  word  which  ia 
in  their  hands  may  not  return  unto  Thee  void,  but 
have  free  course  and  be  glorified  in  the  world; 
prospering  in  the  thing  whereunto  Thou  hast  sent 
it.  and  prevailing  mightily  to  turn  men  from 
da:kness  to  light,  and  from  the  power  of  Satan 
unto  God,  that  they  may  receive  forgiveness  of 
sins,  and  inheritance  among  them  which  are  sanc- 
tified by  faith  that  is  in  Christ :  to  whom,  with 
Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  honor  and  glory, 
world  without  end.     Amm. 


125.  I'OVE  TO  THE  CHURCH.  S.  M 

I  LOVE  Thy  kingdom,  Lord, 
The  house  of  Thine  abode ; 
The  Church  our  blest  Redeemer  sav'd 
With  His  own  precious  blood. 


196  CHURCH     SEASON. 

I  love  Thy  church,  0  God! 

Her  walls  before  Thee  stand, 
Dear  as  the  apple  of  Thine  eye. 

And  graven  on  Thy  hand. 

If  e'er  to  bless  Thy  sons. 

My  voice  or  hands  deny, 
These  hands  let  useful  skill  forsake, 

This  voice  in  silence  die. 

If  e'er  my  heart  forget 
Her  welfare  or  her  woe, 

Let  ev'ry  joy  this  heart  forsake, 
And  ev'ry  grief  o'erflow. 

For  her  my  tears  shall  fall; 

For  her  my  pray'rs  ascend : 
To  her  my  cares  and  toils  be  giv'en 

Till  toils  and  cares  shall  end. 

Beyond  my  highest  joy 

I  prize  her  heav'nly  ways; 

Her  sweet  communion,  solemn  vow* 
Her  hymns  of  love  and  praise. 

Jesus,  Thou  friend  divine. 

Our  Saviour,  and  our  King, 
Thy  hand  from  ev'ry  snare  and  foe, 

Shall  great  deliv'rance  bring. 

Sure  as  Thy  truth  shall  last. 
To  Zion  shall  be  giv'n 

The  brightest  glories  earth  can  yield, 
And  brighter  bliss  of  heav'n. 


FIFTH     SUNDAY.  197 


128.  GOING  TO  CUURCn.  C.  M. 

How  did  my  heart  rejoice  to  hear 
My  friends  devoutly  say, 
"  In  Zion  let  us  all  appear, 
"And  keep  the  solemn  dayj  " 


I  love  her  gates,  I  love  the  road ; 

The  church  adorn'd  with  grace 
Stands  like  a  palace  built  for  God, 

To  show  His  milder  face. 


Up  to  her  courts  with  joys  unknown 

The  holy  tribes  repair ; 
The  Son  of  David  holds  His  throne, 

And  sits  in  judgment  there. 

He  hears  our  praises  and  complaints; 

And  while  His  awful  voice 
Divides  the  sinners  from  the  saints, 

We  tremble  and  rejoice. 


Peace  be  within  this  sacred  place. 
And  joy  a  constant  guest ; 

With  holy  gifts  and  he:iv'iily  grace 
Be  her  attendants  blest. 


My  soul  shall  pray  for  Zion  still, 
While  life  or  breath  remains; 

There  my  best  friends,  my  kindred  dwel5» 
There  God  my  Saviour  reigns. 


198  CHURCH    SEASON. 

127.  THE  GOSPEL  MINISTRY.  S.  M 

HOW  beauteous  are  their  feet, 
Who  stand  on  Zion's  hill ; 
Who  bring  salvation  on  their  tongues, 
And  woVds  of  peace  reveall 

How  charming  is  their  voice, 
How  sweet  the  tidings  are: 

•'  Zion,  behold  Thy  Saviour-King, 
*'He  reigns  and  triumphs  here." 

How  happy  are  our  ears, 
That  hear  the  joyful  sound, 

Which  kings  and  prophets  waited  for, 
And  sought,  but  never  found ! 

How  blessed  are  our  eyes, 
That  see  this  heav'nly  light! 

Prophets  and  kings  desir'd  it  long, 
But  died  without  the  sight. 

The  watchmen  join  their  voice, 

And  tuneful  notes  employ; 
Jerusalem  breaks  forth  in  songs, 

And  deserts  learn  the  joy. 

The  Lord  makes  bare  his  arm 
Through  all  the  earth  abroad; 

Let  ev'ry  nation  now  behold 
Their  Saviour  and  their  God. 


SIXTH    SUNDAY.  199 


SIXTH  SUNDAY  AFTER  TRINITY. 

PSALM  LXXXVII. 

Gospel:   St.  Matt.  v.  20-26  1  St.  Matt.  xi.  25-30. 
Epistle    Rom.  vi.  3-11         S  Rom.  iii.  19-28. 

A  LMIGHTY  and  everlasting  God,  through 
■^  whose  raercy  we  are  saved  by  the  washing 
of  regeneration  and  renewing  of  the  Holy  Ghost; 
let  this  grace  reign  in  us,  we  beseech  Thee,  as 
the  power  of  a  new  heavenly  life  ;  whereby  deny- 
ing ungodliness  and  worldly  lusts,  we  may  live 
soberly,  righteously,  and  godly,  in  this  present 
world  ;  looking  for  the  glorious  appearing  of  oui 
Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  who  gave  Himself  for  us, 
that  He  might  redeem  us  from  all  iniquity,  and 
purify  unto  Himself  a  peculiar  people,  zealous 
of  good  works*  to  whom,  with  Thee  and  the 
H)ly  Ghost,  be  honor  and  glory,  work  without 
eud.     Amen. 


128.  THE  NEW  LIFE.  S.  M 

A  CHARGE  to  keep  I  have, 
A  God  to  glorify; 
A  never-dying  soul  to  save, 
And  fit  it  for  the  sky. 
\ 


200  CHURCH    SEASON. 

To  serve  the  present  age, 

My  calling  to  fulfil : 
0  may  it  all  my  pow'rs  engage 

To  do  my  Master's  will. 

Arm  me  with  jealous  care, 

As  in  Thy  sight  to  live : 
And  0,  Thy  servant,  Lord,  prepare 

A  strict  account  to  give. 

Help  me  to  watch  and  pray, 

And  on  Thyself  rely: 
Assur'd  if  I  my  trust  betray, 

I  shall  forever  die. 

129.  8s  &  7& 

THE  CHILDREN  OF  THE  COVENANT: 

JESUS,  we  Thy  covenant  children, 
Offer  up  ourselves  anew ; 
We  are  washed  by  Holy  Bnptism, 
Cleanse  us  by  Thy  Spirit  too. 

We  are  little  Christian  children  ; 

Christ,  the  Son  of  God  :Most  High, 
A^ith  His  precious  blood  redeemed  us, 

Dying  that  we  might  not  die. 

To  us,  little  Christian  children, 
God  the  Holy  Ghost  is  given  ; 

Dwelling  in  our  hearts,  He  makes  us 
Free  from  sin,  and  meet  for  Heaven. 

We  are  little  Christian  children; 

One  with  all  the  sainted  host, 
We  believe  in  God  Almighty, 

Father,   Son,   and  Holy  Ghost 


XTH    SUNDAY.  201 


OUR  LIFE  IN  CHRIST.  S.  M. 

JESUS!  I  live  to  Thee, 
The  loveliest  and  best; 
My  life  iu  Thee,  Thy  life  in  me, 
In  Thy  blest  love  I  rest. 

Jesus !  I  die  to  Thee, 

Whenever  death  shall  come; 

To  die  in  Thee,  is  life  to  me, 
In  my  eternal  home. 

Whether  to  live  or  die, 

I  know  not  which  is  best ; 
To  live  in  Thee,  is  bliss  to  me, 

To  die  is  endless  rest. 

Living  or  dying,  Lord, 

I  ask  but  to  be  Thine; 
My  life  in  Thee,   Thy  life  in  m«, 

Makes  heaven  forever  mine. 


202  CHURCH     SEASON. 

SEVENTH  SUNDAY  AFTEE 
TRINITY. 

PSALM  XXIII. 

Oospel:   S..Mark  viii.  1-9  "i  St.  Luke  xt.  11-32 
Epistle:  Rom.  -yi.  19-23        ]"  Acts  ix.  1-9. 

A  LMIGHTY  GOD,  the  Former  of  our  bodies 
and  Father  of  our  spirits,  in  whom  yre  live, 
move,  and  have  our  being;  shed  abroad  Thy 
love  in  our  hearts,  we  beseech  Thee,  and  cause 
the  comfort  of  Thy  heavenly  grace  to  abound  in 
us,  as  the  earnest  and  pledge  of  joys  to  come; 
that  casting  away  all  anxious  thought  for  the 
transitory  things  of  this  world,  we  may  seek 
first  Thy  kingdom  and  righteousness,  and  labor 
only  for  that  meat  which  endureth  unto  everlast- 
ing life  :  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 


131.     LONGING  FOR  A  LIFE  IN  CHRIST.      C    M 

Tj^ATHER!  whate'er  of  earthly  bliss 
4-       Thy  sovereign  will  denies, 
Accepted  at  Thy  throne  of  grace, 
Let  this  petition  rise. 

Give  me  a  calm,  a  thankful  heart, 

From  every  murmur  free ! 
The  blessings  of  Thy  grace  impart, 

And  make  me  live  to  Thee. 


SEVENTH     SUNDAY.  203 

Let  the  sweet  hope  that  thou  art  mine, 

My  life  and  death  attend ; 
Thy  presence  through  my  journey  shine, 

And  crown  my  journey's  end. 

132.    GOODNESS  OF  DIVINE  PROVIDENCE.  C  M 

WHILST  Thee  I  seek,  protecting  Power ! 
Be  my  vain  wishes  stilled ; 
A.nd  may  this  consecrated  hour 
With  better  hopes  be  filled. 

Thy  love  the  power  of  thought  bestowed. 
To  Thee  my  thoughts  would  soar: 

Thy  mercy  o'er  my  life  has  flowed ; 
That  mercy  I  adore. 

In  each  event  of  life,  how  clear 

Thy  ruling  hand  I  see ; 
Each  ble'ising  to  my  soul  most  dear, 

Because  conferred  by  Thee. 

In  every  joy  that  crcwns  my  days, 

In  every  pain  I  bear. 
My  heart  shall  find  delight  in  praise, 

Or  seek  reHef  in  prayer. 

When  gladness  wings  the  favored  hour, 
Thy  love  my  thoughts  shall  fill; 

Resigned,  when  storms  of  sorrow  lower, 
My  soul  shall  meet  Thy  will. 

My  lifted  eye,  without  a  tear, 

The  gathering  storm  shall  see. 
My  steadfast  heart  shall  know  no  fear; 

That  heart  will  rest  on  Thee. 


204.  CHURCH     SEASON 


133.  TRUST  IN  GOD.  C  M. 

OGOD  I  our  help  in  ages  past. 
Our  hope  for  years  to  come, 
Our  shelter  from  the  stormy  blast, 
And  our  eternal  home  ! 

Before  the  hills  in  order  stood, 
Or  earth  received  her  frame. 

From  everlasting  Thou  art  God, 
To 'endless  years  the  same. 

Thy  word  commands  our  flesh  to  dust, 

•'  Return  ye  so  js  of  men," 
All  nations  rose  from  earth  at  first, 

And  turn  to  earth  again. 

0  God !  our  help  in  ages  past, 
Our  hope  for  years  to  come, 

Be  Thou  our  guard,  while  troubles  last* 
And  our  eternal  home. 


EIGHTH    SUNDAf.  205 

EIGHTH  SUNDAY  AFTER  TRINITY. 

PSALM  XYTL 

Gospel:  St.  Matt.  vii.  15-21   .  St.  Luke  xviii  9-14. 
EpislU:  Rom.  viii.  12-17        \  Phil.  iii.  3-11. 

(\  GOD,  who  hast  given  unto  us  exceeding  great 
and  precious  promises,  that  by  them  we 
might  be  partakers  of  the  divine  nature,  having 
escaped  the  corruption  that  is  in  the  world  through 
lust;  enable  us,  we  beseech  Thee,  with  all  dili- 
gence to  add  to  our  faith,  virtue,  knowledge, 
temperance,  patience,  godliness,  brotherly  kind- 
ness, and  charity  ;  that,  these  things  being  in  us, 
and  abounding,  we  may  neither  be  barren  nor 
unfruitful  in  the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  Jesua 
Christ:  to  whom,  with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost, 
be  honor  and  glory,  world  without  end.     Amen. 


134.  HOPE  AXD  TRUST  IN  CHRIST.       C.   M. 


1 


FIRM  as  the  earth  Thy  Gospel  stands, 
My  Lord,   my  Hope,  my  Trust; 
If  I  am  found  in  Jesus'  hands, 
My  soul  can  ne'er  be  lost. 

His  honor  is  engaged  to  save 
The  meanest  of  His  sheep ; 

All  whom  His  heavenly  Father  gave, 
His  hands  securely  keep. 


206  CHURCH   Reason, 

Nor  death  nor  hell  shall  e'er  remove 
His  favorites  from  His  breast; 

In  the  dear  bosom  of  His  love 
They  must  forever  rest. 

135,  CHRIST  IS  OUR  STRENGTH.         C,    M 

MY  Saviour,  my  Almighty  Friend, 
When  I  begin  Thy  praise, 
Where  will  the  growing  numbers  end, 
The  numbers  of  Thy  grace? 

Thou  art  my  everlasting  trust, 

Thy  goodness  I  adore! 
And  since  I  knew  Thy  graces  first, 

I  speak  Thy  glories  more. 

My  feet  shall  travel  all  the  length 

Of  the  celestial  road, 
And  march  with  courage  in  Thy  strength 

To  see  my  Father,  God. 

When  I  am  fill'd  with  sore  distress 

For  some  surprising  sin, 
I'll  plead  Thy  perfect  righteousness, 

And  mention  none  but  Thine. 

How  will  my  lips  rejoice  to  tell 

The  vict'ries  of  my  King! 
My  soul,  redeem'd  from  sin  and  hell. 

Shall  Thy  salvation  sing. 

My  tongue  shall  all  the  day  proclaim 

My  Saviour  and  my  God , 
His  death  hath  brought  my  foes  to  shame, 

And  sav'd  me  by  His  blood. 


I 


EIGHTH    SUNDAY.  207 

Awake,  awake  my  tuneful  pow'rs, 

With  this  delightful  song, 
I  '11  entertain  the  darkest  hours, 

Nor  think  the  season  long. 


136.  LONGINGS  AFTER  GOD.  C.    M 

EARLY,  my  God,  without  delay, 
I  haste  to  seek  Thy  face; 
My  thirsty  spirit  faints  away, 
Without  Thy  cheering  grace. 

1  've  seen  Thy  glory  and  Thy  power 
Through  all  Thy  temple  shine; 

My  God,  repeat  that  heavenly  hour, 
That  vision  so  divine. 

Not  all  the  blessings  of  a  feast 
Can  please  my  soul  so  well, 

As  when  Thy  richer  grace  I  taste. 
And  in  Thy  presence  dwell. 

Not  life  itself,  with  all  its  joys. 
Can  my  best  passions  move, 

Or  raise  so  high  my  cheerful  voice. 
As  Thy  forgiving  love. 

Thus  till  my  last  expiring  day 
I'll  bless  my  God  and  King; 

Thus  will  I  lift  my  hands  to  pray, 
And  tune  my  lips  to  sing. 


208  CHURCH     SEASON. 

NINTH   SUNDAY  AFTER  TRINITY 

PSALM  XIX. 

GospeX :  St.  Luke  xvi.  1-9   j   St.  Matt.  Tiii.  &-13, 
Epistle:  1  Cor.  x.  1-13  1   1  Pet.  i.  3-9. 

A  LORD  GOD,  our  Sun,  by  whom  light  is  sown 
for  the  righteous,  and  gladness  for  the  up- 
right in  heart;  illuminate  our  minds,  we  beseech 
Thee,  by  Thy  heavenly  grace,  and  fill  them  with 
the  pure  wisdom  which  cometh  from  above ;  that 
we  may  walk  before  Thee  in  simplicity  and  godly 
Bincerity  all  our  days,  not  taking  counsel  of  the 
world  or  of  the  flesh,  but  aiming  and  endeavoring 
in  all  things  only  to  know  and  do  Thy  will : 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 


137.  C.  M. 

PUBLIC  THANKS  FOR  DELIYERAlfCE. 

WHAT  shall  I  render  to  my  GoJ, 
For  all   His  kindness  shown? 
My  feet  shall  visit  Thine  abode, 
My  songs  address  Thy  throne. 

Among  the  saints  that  fill  Thine  house, 

My  oflF'rings  shall  be  paid; 
There  shall  my  zeal  perform  the  vowa 

My  soul  in  anguish  made. 


NINTH    SUNDAY.  209 

How  much  is  mercy  Thy  delight, 

Thou  ever  blessed  God ! 
How  dear  Thy  servants  in  Thy  sight  I 

How  precious  is  their  blood! 


How  happy  all  Thy  servants  are  I 
How  great  Thy  grace  to  me ! 

My  life,  which  Thou  hast  made  Thy  care, 
Lord,  I  devote  to  Thee. 


Now  \  am  Thine,  forever  Thine, 

Nor  shall  my  purpose  movo; 
Thy  hand  hath  loos'd  my  bonds  of  pain. 
And  bound  me  with  Thy  love. 


Here  in  Thy  courts  I  leave  my  vow, 
And  Thy  rich  grace  record ; 

Witness,  ye  saints,  who  hear  me  now. 
If  I  forsake  the  Lord. 


138.  OVR  HELP  IS  IN  GOD.  CM 

SHINE  on  our  souls,  eternal  God ! 
With  rays  of  mercy  shine : 
0  let  Thy  favor  crown  our  days. 
And  their  whole  course  be  Thine. 


Did  we  not  raise  our  hands  to  Thee, 
Our  hands  might  toil  in  vain : 

Small  joy  success  itself  could  give, 
If  Thou  Thy  love  restrain. 
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210  CHCRCH     SEASON. 

'Tis  ours  the  furrows  to  prepare. 
And  sow  the  precious  grain; 

*T  is  Thine  to  give  the  sun  and  air, 
And  to  command  the  rain. 

With  Thee  let  every  week  begin, 
With  Thee  each  day  be  spent  — 

For  Thee  each  fleeting  hour  improved, 
Since  each  by  Thee  is  lent. 

Thus  cheer  us  through  this  toilsome  road, 

Till  all  our  labors  cease ; 
And  thus  prepare  our  weary  90xAa 

For  eyerlasting  peace. 


TENTH  SUNDAY.         211 


TENTH  SUNDAY  AFTER  TRINITY. 

PSALM  XXX. 

Oospd:   St.  Luke  xix.  41-47  1  St.  Matt.  XTii  14-21. 
Epistle;  1  Cor.  xii.  1-11  3  Heb.  xi.  32  —  xii.  2. 

A  GOD,  the  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
who  hast  called  us  to  renounce  and  forsake 
the  world,  in  the  service  of  our  once  crucified 
but  now  risen  and  gloriously  exalted  Saviour  ; 
be  pleased,  we  beseech  Thee,  graciously  so  to 
unite  our  souls  to  Him  by  holy  sympathy  and 
love,  that  we  may  offer  ourselves,  in  fellowship 
with  His  cross,  a  willing  sacrifice  to  Thee  on 
the  altar  of  the  gospel,  and  count  it  all  joy  to 
suffer  for  His  name:  who  liveth  and  reigiieth, 
with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  ever  one  God, 
world  without  end.     Amen, 


139.  SUFTERING  SAVIOUR.  S.  M 

r\TD  Christ  o'er  sinners  weep  ? 
^     And  shall  our  cheeks  be  dry  ? 
Let  floods  of  penitential  grief 
Burst  forth  from  every  eye. 


212  CHURCH     SEASON. 

The  Son  of  God  in  tears, 
Angels  with  wonder  see; 

Be  thou  astonished,  0  my  soul. 
He  shed  those  tears  for  thee. 

He  wept,  that  we  might  weep; 

Each  sin  demands  a  tear: 
In  heaven  alone  no  sin  is  found, 

And  there's  no  weeping  there. 


140.         SONG  OF  PRAISE  TO  CHRIST.  S.   M 

TO  Christ,  the  Prince  of  Peace, 
And  Son  of  God,  we  sing. 
To  Him  who  saved  us  by  His  love, 
Let  holy  anthems  ring. 

Deep  in  His  heart  for  us 

The  wound  of  love  He  bore; 
That  love,  which  still  He  kindles  in 

The  hearts  that  Him  adore. 

0  .Jesus!  Victim  blest! 

Whnt  else  but  love  divine, 
Could  Thee  constrain  to  open  thus 

That  sacred  heart  of  Thine? 

0  fount  of  endless  life! 

0  spring  of  waters  clear! 
0  tlame  celestial,   cleansing  all 

Who  unto  Thee  draw  nearl 

Hide  me  in  Thy  dear  heart, 

For  thither  do  I  fly; 
There  seek  Thy  grace  through  life,  in  death 
Thine  immortality. 


TENTH    SUNDAY.  213 


14L  JESUS,  THE  SAINT'S  REFUGE.        L.  M 

JESUS,  my  Shepherd,  let  me  share 
Thy  guiding  hand,  Thy  tender  care; 
And  let  me  ever  find  in  Thee, 
A  refuge  and  a  rest  for  me. 

0  lead  me  ever  by  Thy  side, 
Where  fields  are  green,  and  waters  glide : 
And  be  Thou  still,  where'er  I  be, 
A  refuge  and  a  rest  for  me. 

While  I  this  barren  desert  tread, 
Feed  Thou  my  soul  on  heavenly  bread; 
'Mid  foes  and  fears  Thee  may  I  see, 
A  refuge  and  a  rest  for  me. 

Anoint  me  with  Thy  gladdening  grace. 
To  cheer  me  in  the  heavenly  race; 
Cause  all  my  gloomy  doubts  to  flee, 
And  make  my  spirit  rest  in  Thee. 

When  death  shall  end  this  mortal  strife, 
Bring  me  through  death  to  endless  life ; 
Then,  face  to  face,  beholding  Thee, 
My  Tefyim  and  mj  rest  shall  be. 


214  CHURCH    SEASON. 

ELEVENTH  SUNDAY  AFTER 
TEINITY. 

PSALM  LXXin. 

Oospel:  St.  Luke  xviii.  J>-14  \  St.  Luke  xii.  32-4( 
Epistle :  1  Cor.  xt.  1-11  j"  Rom.  viii  16-26. 


1 


A  GOD,  the  High  and  Holy  One,  who  inhabitest 
eternity,  and  dwellest  with  Him  also  who 
is  of  a  contrite  and  humble  spirit,  to  revive  the 
spirit  of  the  humble,  and  to  revive  the  heart  of 
the  contrite  ones;  glorify  Thy  grace,  we  beseech 
Thee,  in  the  midst  of  our  manifold  infirmitieg 
and  sins,  and  through  all  temptation  hold  us  up 
by  Thy  mighty  hand  ;  that  the  trial  of  our  faith, 
being  much  more  precious  than  gold  that  peri&h- 
eth,  though  it  be  tried  with  fire,  may  be  found 
unto  praise,  and  honor,  and  glory,  at  the  appear- 
ing of  Jesus  Christ:  to  whom,  with  Thee  and 
the  Holy  Ghost,  be  honor  and  glory,  world  with- 
out end.     Amen. 


142.  ACKNOWLEDGING  CHRIST  AS  LORD.  C.31 

I'M  not  ashamed  to  own  my  Lord, 
Or  to  defend  His  cause ; 
Maintain  the  honor  of  His  word, 
The  glory  of  His  cross. 


ELEVENTH     SUNDAY.  215 

Jesus,  my  God! — I  know  His  name  — 

His  name  is  all  my  trust; 
Nor  will  He  put  my  soul  to  shame, 

Nor  let  my  hope  be  lost. 

Firm  as  His  throne,  His  promise  stands, 

And  He  can  well  secure 
What  I  've  committed  to  His  hands. 

Till  the  decisive  hour. 

Then  will  He  own  my  worthless  name, 

Before  His  Father's  face, 
And  in  the  new  Jerusalem 

Appoint  my  soul  a  place. 


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143.  A  HOLY  HEART  DESIRED.  C.  M 

FOR  a  heart  to  praise  my  God, 
A  heart  from  sin  set  free ! 
A  heart  that's  sprinkled  with  Thy  blood, 
So  freely  shed  for  me! 

A  heart  resign'd,  submissive,  meek  ; 

My  blessed  Saviour's  throne ; 
Where  only  Christ  is  heard  to  speak 

Where  Jesus  reigns  alone ! 
0  for  a  lowly,  contrite  heart. 

Believing,  true,  and  clean; 
Which  neither  life  nor  death  can  part 

From  Him  that  dwells  within. 

A  heart  in  ev'ry  thought  renew'd. 

And  full  of  love  divine; 
H>ly,  and  right,  and  pure,  and  good- 

A  copy.  Lord,   of  thine! 
Thy  nature,  gracious  Lord,  impart; 

Come  quickly  from  above ; 
Write  Thy  new  name  upon  my  heart, 

Thy  new  best  Name  of  Love. 


216  CHURCH     SEASON. 

TWELFTH    SUNDAY   AFTEE 
TRINITY. 

PSALM  LXXIV. 


)   SI 
/  1. 


EpUOe :  2  Cor.  iu.  4-11  J   1  John  iv.  16-21. 

f\  GOD,  who  didst  will  Thine  Only  Begotteu  Son 
^  to  learn  obedience  by  the  things  which  He 
suffered,  that  being  thus  made  perfect  He  might 
become  the  Author  of  eternal  salvation  unto  all 
that  obey  Him;  work  in  us,  we  beseech  Thee,« 
such  inward  conformity  with  His  holy  patience, 
as  may  cause  us  to  have  part  also  in  His  glorious 
power;  that  so,  walking  not  after  the  flssh  but 
after  the  Spirit,  we  maybe  able  to  serve  Thee  all 
our  days  in  newness  of  mind  and  life :  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 


>44.  LOOKING  TO  CALVARY.  C.  M 

I  SAW  one  hanging  on  a  tree, 
In  agony  and  blood ; 
Who  fix'd  His  languid  eyes  on  me, 
As  near  the  cross  I  stood. 

Sure,  never  to  my  latest  breath 

Can  I  forget  that  look : 
It  seem'd  to  charge  me  with  His  death, 

Though  not  a  word  He  spoke. 


TWELFTH     SUNDAY.  217 

Alas !  I  knew  not  what  I  did. 

But  all  my  tears  were  vain  ; 
Where  could  my  trembling  soul  be  hid. 

For  I  the  Lord  had  slain. 

A  second  look  He  gave,  which  said, 
"I  freely  all  forgive; 
This  blood  is  for  thy  ransom  paid; 
I  die,  that  thou  may'st  live. 

Thus,  while  my  death  thy  sin  displayi 

In  all  its  blatkest  hue; 
Such  is  the  mystery  of  grace, 

It  seals  thy  pardon  tool" 


145.  CHRIST  OUR  E2LA.MPLE.  1      M. 

MY  dear  Redeemer,  and  my  Lord, 
I  read  my  duty  in  Thy  word  ; 
But  in  Thy  life  the  law  appears. 
Drawn  out  in  living  characters. 

Such  was  Thy  truth,  and  such  Thy  zeal, 
Such  deference  to  Thy  Father's  will. 
Such  love,  and  meekness  so  divine, 
I  would  transcribe,  and  make  them  minp 

Cold  mountains  and  the  midnight  air 
Witnessed  the  fervor  of  Thy  prayer ; 
The  desert  Thy  temptations  knew, 
Thy  conflict,  and  Thy  victory  too. 

Be  Thou  my  pattern ;  make  me  bear 
More  of  Thy  gracious  image  here ; 
Then  God  the  Judge  shall  own  my  name, 
Among  the  followers  of  the  Lamb. 


218  CHURCH     SEASON. 


THIETEENTH    SUNDAY   APTER 
TRINITY. 

PSALM   XCI. 

Gospel:  St.  Luke  x.  23-37  )   St.  Luke  x.  25-37. 
EpistU:  Gal.  iii.  16-22        i  1  Cor.  xiii.  1-13. 

A  LMIGHTY  and  Everlasting  God,  whose  faith- 
"*^  fulness  reacheth  unto  the  clouds,  and  whose 
mercy  endureth  forever ;  be  pleased  to  confirm 
and  fulfil  in  us,  we  humbly  beseech  Thee,  the 
covenant  of  Thy  grace,  made  sure  from  the  be- 
ginning of  the  world  in  Christ  Jesus  our  feord ; 
that  we  may  be  found  in  Him,  not  having  our 
own  righteousness  which  is  of  the  law,  but  that 
which  is  through  the  faith  of  Christ,  even  the 
righteousness  of  God  which  is  by  faith  in  Jesus 
Christ  unto  all  and  upon  all  them  that  believe : 
to  whom,  with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  be 
honor  and  glory,  world  without  end.     Amen, 


146.  GOD'S  COVENANT.  C.  M. 

MY  God,  the  cov'nant  of  Thy  loTe 
Abides  forever  sure ; 
j-nd  in  His  matchless  grace,  I  feel 
My  happiness  secure. 


THIRTEENTH     SUNDAT.  219 

What  though  my  house  be  not  with  Thee 

As  nature  could  desire? 
To  nobler  joys  than  nature  gives, 

Thy  servants  all  aspire. 

Since  Thou,  the  3verlasting  God, 

My  Father  art  become : 
Jesus  my  Guardian  and  my  Friend, 

And  heaven  my  final  home: 

I  welcome  all  Thy  sovereign  will, 

For  all  that  will  is  love ; 
And  when  I  know  not  what  Thou  dost, 

I  wait  the  light  above. 

Thy  covenant  the  last  accent  claims 
Of  my  poor  falt'ring  tongue ; 

And  that  shall  the  first  notes  employ 
Of  my  celestial  song. 

147.  BAPTISM  OF  CHILDREN.  S.  M 

GREAT  God,  now  condescend 
To  bless  our  rising  race; 
Soon  may  their  willing  spirits  bend. 
The  subjects  of  Tny  grace. 

Oh !  wnat  a  pure  delight 

Their  happiness  to  see! 
Our  warmest  wishes  all  unite. 

To  lead  their  souls  to  Thee. 


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Now  bless,  Thou  God  of  love, 

This  ordinance  divine ; 
Send  Thy  good  Spirit  from  above, 

And  make  these  children  Thine. 


220  CHURCH    SEASON. 

148.  PRAYER  FOR  BAPTIZED  CHILDREN.  L.  M. 

GREAT  Saviour,  who  didst  condescend 
Young  children  in  Thine  arms  to  embrace, 
Still  prove  Thyself  the  infant's  friend, 
Baptize  them  with  Thy  cleansiog  grace. 

Whilst  in  the  slippery  paths  of  youth, 

Be  Thou  their  Guardian  and  their  Guide, 

That  they,  directed  by  Thy  truth, 
May  never  from  Thy  precepts  slide. 

To  love  Thy  word  their  hearts  incline, 
To  understand  it,  light  impart ; 

0  Saviour,  consecrate  them  Thine, 
Take  full  possession  of  their  heart. 


149.  INFANT  BAPTISM.  C.  M 

JESUS  the  ancient  faith  confirms, 
To  our  forefathers  giv'n ; 
He  takes  young  children  to  His  arme, 
And  calls  them  heirs  of  heav'n. 

Our  God,  how  faithful  are  His  ways  I 

His  love  endures  the  same ; 
Nor  from  the  promise  oi  His  grace 

Blots  out  the  children's  name. 

Witli  the  same  blessing  grace  endowi 

The  Gentile  and  the  Jew; 
If  pure  and  holy  be  the  root, 

Such  are  the  branches  too. 


THIRTEENTH     SUNDAY.  221 

Then  let  the  children  of  the  saints 

Be  dedicate  to  God ; 
Pour  out  Thy  Spirit  on  them,  Lord! 

And  wash  them  in  Thy  blood. 

Thug  to  the  parents  and  their  seed 

Shall  Thy  salvation  come  ; 
And  num'rous  households  meet  at  last, 

In  one  eternal  home. 

Thy  faithful  saints,  eternal  King! 

This  precious  truth  embrace  ; 
To  Thee  their  infant  offspring  bring, 

And  humbly  claim  Thy  grace. 


150.  BLESSING  ON  BAPTISM.  L.   M. 

COME,  Holy  Gho«5t,  descend  from  high, 
Baptizer  of  our  spirits,  Thou! 
The  sacramental  seal  apply, 

And  witness  with  the  water  now. 

Exert  Thy  energy  divine, 

And  sprinkle  the  atoning  blood; 

>Iay  Father,   Son,   and  Spirit  join 
To  seal  this  child,  a  child  of  GoJ. 


151  THE  COVENANT  OF   BAPTISM.         S.   M- 

HOW  great  Thy  mercies,  Lord, 
How  plenteous  is  Thy  grace. 
Which  in  the  covenant  of  Thy  love 
Includes  the  rising  race. 


222  CHURCH    SEASON. 

Thy  promise  how  dirine, 
To  Abram  and  his  seed; 
"I'll  be  a  God  to  thee  and  thine, 
Supplying  all  their  need." 

Our  offspring,  still  Thy  care, 
Shall  own  their  father's  God; 

To  latest  time  Thy  blessings  shart^ 
And  sound  Thy  praise  abroad. 

Thy  love  "we  will  adore, 

And  sing  Thy  matchless  gra4M; 

Thy  covenant  is  firm  and 
To  all  Thy  chosen 


FOURTEENTH    SUNDAY.  223 


FOURTEENTH    SUNDAY   AFTER 
TRINITY. 

PSALM  LXXXYL 

Oospd:  St.  Luke  xvii.  11-19  )  St.  Matt.  t.  43-48. 
gristle:  Qal.  t.  16-24  S  Rom.  xii.  14-21. 

A  GOD,  who  hast  delivered  us  from  the  power 

of  darkness  and  translated  us  into  the  king- 
dom of  Thy  dear  Son,  in  whom  we  have  re  iemp- 
t'on  through  His  blood,  even  the  forgiveness  of 
sins ;  enable  us  by  Thy  grace,  we  earnestly  be- 
seech Thee,  so  to  walk  in  the  Spirit  that  we  may 
not  fulfil  the  lusts  of  the  flesh  ;  considering  our- 
?elveB  to  be  dead  henceforth  unto  sin,  but  alive 
unto  God  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord:  to 
whom,  with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  honor 
and  glory,  world  without  end.     Amen. 


152.  HOLINESS  OF  GOD.  C.  M, 

HOLT  and  rev'rend  is  the  name 
Of  our  eternal  King; 
Thrice  holy,  Lord,  the  angels  cry, 
Thrice  holy,  let  us  sing ! 


J24  CHURCH    SEASON. 

Holy  is  He  in  all  His  works, 
And  truth  is  His  delight; 

But  sinners  and  their  wicked  wajf 
Shall  perish  from  His  sight. 

The  deepest  rev'rence  of  the  mind. 
Pay,  0  my  soul,  to  God  ; 

Lift  with  thy  hands  a  holy  heart 
To  His  sublime  abode. 


"With  sacred  awe  pronounce  His  name 
Whom  words  nor  thoughts  can  reach| 

A  broken  heart  shall  please  Him  more 
Than  the  best  forms  of  speech. 

Thou  holy  God !  preserve  ray  soul 

From  all  pollution  free  ; 
The  pure  in  heart  are  Thy  delight, 

And  they  Thy  face  shall  see. 


153.  S  M 

INVOCATION  OF  THE  HOLY  SPIRIT. 

(10ME,  Hoiy  Spirit,  come; 
^     Let  Thy  bright  beams  arise; 
Dispel  the  sorrow  from  our  minds, 
The  darkness  fro-m  our  eyes. 

Convince  us  of  our  sin ; 

Then  lead  to  Jesus'  blood, 
And  to  our  wondering  view  reveal 

The  secret  love  of  God. 


FOURTEENTH    SUNDAY.  225 

Revive  our  drooping  faith, 
Our  doubts  and  fears  remove. 

And  kindle  in  our  breasts  the  flame 
Of  never-djing  love. 

'T  is  Thine  to  cleanse  the  heart, 

To  sanctify  the  soul. 
To  pour  fresh  life  in  every  part. 

And  uew-create  the  whole. 

Come,  Holy  Spirit,  come; 

Our  mind  from  bondage  free  ; 
Then  shall  we  know,  and  praise,  and  lort 

The  Father,  Son,  and  Thee. 


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S26  CHURCH    SEASON. 


FIFTEENTH    SUNDAY    AFTEE 
TRINITY. 

PSALM  LXII. 

Gospd:  St.  Matt.  vi.  24-34  \  St.  Matt.  v.  13-20. 
Eputle:  Gal.  v.  25  — vi.  10    3  James  ii.  14-26l 

A  GOD,  our  Father  in  heaven,  in  whose  pre- 
sence is  fulness  of  joy,  and  at  whose  right 
hand  thfi^e  are  pleasures  forevermore  ;  mercifully 
tix  our  n«arts  on  things  above,  and  free  them  from 
all  undue  care  and  thought  for  the  things  of  the; 
present  transitory  world;  that  whilst  we  ate 
here  in  the  body,  we  may  sow,  not  to  the  flesh, 
but  to  the  Spirit,  and  in  the  end  reap  tif«  ever- 
lasting: through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lora      Amen 


154.  LONGING  FOR  HEAVEN.  C.  M 

ON  Jordan's  stormy  banks  I  stand, 
And  cast  a  wishful  eye 
To  Canaan's  fair  and  happy  land, 
Where  my  possessions  lie. 

0,  the  transporting,  rapturous  scene, 

That  rises  to  my  sight ! 
Sweet  fields  arrayed  in  living  green, 

And  rivers  of  delight  I 


riFTEENTH     SUNDAY.  227 

There  generous  fruits,  that  never  fail, 

On  trees  immortal  grow  ; 
There  rocks  and  hills,  and  brooks  and  vales. 

With  milk  and  honey  flow. 

O'er  all  those  wide  extended  plains 

Shines  one  eternal  day  ; 
There  God,  the  Son,  forever  reigns, 

And  scatters  night  away. 

No  chilling  winds,  or  poisonous  breath, 
Can  reach  that  healthful  shore ; 

Sickness  and  sorrow,  pain  and  death, 
Are  felt  and  feared  no  more. 

When  shall  I  reach  that  happy  place, 

And  be  forever  blest  ? 
When  shall  I  see  my  Father's  face, 

And  ia  His  bosom  rest? 

Filled  with  delight,  my  raptured  soul 

Can  here  no  longer  stay  ; 
Though  Jordan's  waves  around  me  roll, 

Feai-le::S  I'd  launch  away. 

155.  GOD  ALL,  AND  IN   ALL.  S.   M 

MY  God,  my  life,  my  love, 
To  Thee,  to  Thee  I  call; 
I  cannot  live  if  Thou  remove. 
For  Thou  art  all  in  all. 

Thy  shining  grace  can  cheer 

This  dungeon  where  I  dwell ;  « 

*T  is  paradise  when  Thou  art  here; 

If  Thou  depart,  'tis  hell. 


228  CHURCH     SEASON. 

The  smilings  of  Thy  face, 

How  amiable  they  are! 
'T  is  heaven  to  rest  in  Thine  embraoe, 

And  nowhere  else  but  there. 

To  Thee,   and  Thee  alone, 
The  angels  owe  their  bliss ; 

They  sit  around  Thy  gracious  throne, 
And  dwell  where  Jesus  is. 

Not  all  the  harps  above 

Can  make  a  heavenly  place, 

If  God  His  residence  remove, 
Or  but  conceal  His  face. 

Nor  earth,  nor  all  the  sky. 

Can  one  delight  afford; 
No,  not  a  drop  of  real  joy. 

Without  Thy  presence,  Lord. 

Thou  art  the  sea  of  love. 
Where  all  my  pleasures  roll ; 

The  circle  where  my  passions  move, 
And  centre  of  my  soul. 

To  Thee  my  spirits  fly. 

With  infinite  desire; 
And  yet  how  far  from  Thee  I  lie! 

Dear  Jesus,  raise  me  higher 


156.  PRAYER  FOR  ASSURANCE.  C.  M 

WHY  should  the  children  of  a  King 
Go  mourning  all  their  days  ? 
Great  Comforter,  descend  and  bring 
Some  tokens  of  Thy  grace. 


FIFTEENTH     SUNDAY,  229 

Dost  Thou  not  dwell  in  all  the  saints, 
And  seal  the  heirs  of  heaven, 

When  wilt  Thou  banish  my  complaints, 
And  show  my  sins  forgiven  ? 

Assure  my  conscience  of  her  part 

In  the  Redeemer's  blood: 
And  bear  Thy  witness  with  my  heart, 

That  I  am  born  of  God. 

Thou  art  the  earnest  of  His  love, 

The  pledge  of  joys  to  come; 
And  Thy  soft  wings,   celestial  DoTe, 

Will  safe  convey  me  home. 


230  CHURCH    SEASON. 

SIXTEENTH  SUNDAY  AFTEE 

TRINITY. 

PSALM    xxxin. 

Gospel:  St.  Luke  Tii.  11-17  l  St.  Mark  xii.  41^4. 
Epistle:  Eyh.  iii.  13-21  J  2  Cor.  ix.  5-15. 

f\  GOD,  the  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
of  whom  the  whole  family  in  heaven  and 
earth  is  named ;  we  beseech  Thee,  according  to 
the  riches  of  Thy  glory,  to  strengthen  us  with 
might  by  Thy  Spirit  in  the  inner  man,  that  Christ 
may  dwell  in  our  hearts  by  faith ;  so  that,  being 
rooted  and  grounded  in  love,  we  may  be  able  to 
comprehend  with  all  saints  what  is  the  breadth, 
and  length,  and  depth,  and  height,  and  to  know 
the  love  of  Christ  which  passeth  knowledge :  to 
whom,  with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  honor 
and  glory,  world  without  end.     Amen. 


157.  COMMUNION  OF  SAINTS.  G.  M. 

LET  saints  below  in  concert  sing, 
With  those  to  glory  gone ; 
For  all  the  servants  of  our  King, 
In  earth  and  heaven  are  one. 

One  family,  we  dwell  in  Him, 
One  Church,  above,  beneath. 

Though  now  divided  by  the  stream. 
The  narrow  stream  of  death : 


SIXTEENTH     SUN  DAT.  231 

One  army  of  the  living  God, 

To  His  command  we  bow; 
Part  of  the  host  have  crossed  the  flood, 

And  part  are  crossing  now. 

Some  to  their  everlasting  home 

This  solemn  moment  fly; 
And  we  are  to  the  margin  come, 

And  soon  expect  to  die. 

E'en  now,  by  faith  we  join  our  hands, 
With  those  that  went  before, 

And  greet  the  ransomed  blessed  bands 
Upon  th'  eternal  shore. 

Lord  Jesus!  be  our  constant  Guide! 

And  when  the  word  is  given ! 
Bid  death's  cold  flood  its  waves  divide, 

And  land  us  safe  in  heaven. 

158.      SONG  OF  MOSES  AND  THE  LAMB.      S.  M 

AWAKE,  and  sing  the  song 
Of  Moses  and  the  Lamb; 
Wake  every  heart,  and  every  tongue, 
To  praise  the  Saviour's  name. 

Sing  of  His  dying  love ; 

Sing  of  His  rising  power; 
Sing  how  He  intercedes  above, 

For  those  whose  sins  He  bore- 
Sing,  till  we  feel  our  hearts 

Ascending  with  our  tongues  ; 
Sing,  till  the  love  of  sin  departs, 

And  grace  inspires  our  songs. 


232  CHURCH     SEASON. 

Sing,   on  your  heavenly  way, 

Ye  ransomed  sinners,   sing ; 
Sing  on,  rejoicing  every  day 

In  Clirist,  the  exalted  King. 

Soon  shall  we  hear  Him  say, 
♦'Ye  blessed  children  come!" 

Soon  will  He  call  us  hence  away 
Tc  our  eternal  home. 

There  shall  our  raptured  tongue 
His  endless  praise  proclaim, 

And  sweeter  voices  tune  the  song 
Of  Moses  and  the  Lamb. 

159.        THE   SAINTS  ONE  IN  CHRIST.        C.   M 

JESUS,  we  sing  Thy  matchless  grace 
That  calls  us  as  Thine  own: 
Give  us  among  Thy  saints  a  place 
To  make  Thy  glories  known  I 

Allied  to  Thee,  our  vital  Head, 
We  live,  and  grow,  and  thrive ; 

From  Thee  divided,   each  is  dead, 
When  most  He  seems  alive. 

Thy  saints  on  earth,  and  those  above, 

Here  join  in  one  accord; 
One  body  all  in  mutual  love, 

And  Thou  the  common  Lord. 

0  may  our  faith  each  moment  gain 
More  of  Thy  Spirit's  grace; 

Till  Thou  present  us  all  complete 
Before  Thy  Father's  face. 


8BTENTEENTH    SUNDAY.  233 


SEVENTEENTH  SUNDAY  AFTER 
TRINITY. 

PSALM    CXXIL 

Gospd:   St.  Luke  xir.  1-11   ^    St.  Mark  x  35-45, 
EpiMe:  Eph.  iv.  1-6  J   Phil.  ii.  1-5. 

A  LMIGHTY  and  everlasting  God,  who  didst 
send  Thy  Sou  iutro  the  world,  not  to  be 
ministered  unto,  but  to  minister,  and  to  give  His 
life  a  ransom  for  many;  dispose  and  assist  us  by 
Thy  grace,  most  heartily  we  beseech  Thee,  to 
fullow  the  example  of  His  great  humility  and 
heavenly-minded  love;  that  with  all  lowiiucsi 
and  meekness,  and  patient  continuance  in  good 
works,  we  may  adorn  the  Gospel  of  God  our  Sa- 
viour, and  possess  in  our  souls  that  true  peace 
wbich  the  world  can  neither  give  nor  take  away  : 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 


\ 


160.  GOD  I^  CHRIST.  C.   iM 

DEAREST  of  all  the  names  above, 
My  Jesus  and  my  God, 
Who  can  resist  Thy  heav'nly  love, 
Or  trifle  with  Thy  blood? 


234  CHURCH    SEASON. 

'Tis  by  the  merits  of  Thy  death 

The  Father  smiles  again  ; 
*T  is  by  Thine  interceding  breath 

The  Spirit  dwells  with  men. 

Till  God  in  human  flesh  I  see, 
My  thoughts  no  comfort  find ; 

The  holy,  just,  and  sacred  Three, 
Are  terrors  to  my  mind. 

But  if  Immanuel's  face  appear, 

My  hope,  my  joy  begins; 
His  name  forbids  my  slavish  fear, 

His  grace  removes  my  sins. 

While  Jews  on  their  own  law  rely, 
And  Greeks  of  wisdom  boast, 

I  love  th'  incarnate  mystery. 
And  there  I  fix  my  trust. 

161.  JESUS.  C.  M. 

BLESS'D  Jesus  I  when  my  soaring  thougbta 
O'er  all  Thy  graces  rove ; 
How  is  my  soul  with  transport  lost 
In  wonder,  joy,  and  love. 

Not  softest  strains  can  charm  mine  ears 

Like  Thy  beloved  name ; 
Nor  aught  beneath  the  skies  inspire 

My  heart  with  equal  flame. 

Where'er  I  look,  my  wond'ring  eyes 

Unnuraber'd  blessings  see ; 
But  what  is  life,  with  all  its  bliss, 

If  once  compar'd  with  Thee  ? 


8BVENTEENTH     SUNDAY.  235 

Hast  Thou  a  rival  in  my  breast? 

Search,  Lord,  for  Thou  canst  tell, 
If  aught  can  raise  my  passions  thus, 

Or  please  my  soul  so  well. 

No,  Thou  art  precious  to  my  heart, 

My  portion  and  my  joy; 
Forever  let  Thy  boundless  grace 

My  sweetest  thoughts  employ. 

When  nature  faints  —  around  my  bed 

Let  Thy  bright  glories  shine ; 
And  death  shall  all  his  terrors  loM^ 

In  ractures  so  diTuie. 


236  CHURCH    SEASON, 


EIGHTEENTH    SUNDAY   AFTEB 
TRINITY. 

PSALM  CXLL 

Gnspel:  St.  Matt.  xxii.  34-46  )  St.  Luke  ix.  18-26. 
Epistle:  1  Cor.  i.  4-9  5  2  Cor.  It.  8-18. 

A  LMIQHTY  God,  our  heavenly  Father,  who 
hast  given  unto  us  all  things  that  pertain 
unto  life  and  godliness  through  the  glorious  reve- 
lation of  the  Gospel ;  cause  Thy  word  to  dwell 
in  us  richly,  we  beseech  Thee,  and  fill  us  with 
the  knowledge  of  Thy  will  in  all  wisdom  and  spi- 
ritual understanding,  that  we  may  walk  worthy 
of  the  Lord  unto  all  pleasing,  being  fruitful  in 
every  good  work,  and  increasing  in  the  know- 
ledge of  God:  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 
Amen. 


162.  FAITH  AND  OBEDIENCE.  C.  M. 

THOU  art  my  portion,  0  my  God, 
Soon  as  I  know  Thy  way, 
My  heart  makes  haste  t'  obey  Thy  word, 
And  suffers  no  delay. 

I  choose  the  path  of  heav'nly  truth, 

And  glory  in  my  choice  ; 
Not  all  the  riches  of  the  earth 

Could  make  me  so  rejoice. 


EIGHTEENTH     SUNDAY.  237 

The  testimonies  of  Thy  grace 

I  set  before  mine  eyes; 
Thence  I  derive  my  daily  strength, 

And  there  my  comfort  lies. 


If  once  I  wander  from  Thy  path, 

I  think  upon  my  ways; 
Then  turn  my  feet  to  Thy  commands^ 

And  trust  Thy  pard'ning  grace. 


Now  I  am  Thine,  forever  Thine, 
0  save  Thy  servant,  Lord ! 

Thou  art  my  shield,  my  hiding-place. 
My  hope  is  in  Thy  word. 


Thou  hast  inclin'd  this  heart  of  mine 

Tliy  statutes  to  fulfil; 
And  thus  till  mortal  life  shall  end. 

Would  I  perform  Thy  wilL 


163.         EARLY  DEDICATION  TO  GOD.  C.  M 

ALMIGHTY  God,  while  earth  and  heaven 
Thy  power  and  skill  proclaim; 
Thou  wilt  permit  a  child  to  sing 
The  honors  of  Thy  name. 

Though  Gabriel  tunes  immortal  lyres 

To  sweet  seraphic  lays; 
Thou  hearest,  too,   when  infant  tongues 

Attempt  to  lisp  Thy  praise. 


238  CHURCH     SEASON-. 

Great  God,  Thou  art  my  hope  and  strength. 

To  Thee  my  spirit  flies; 
While  the  first  tributes  of  my  voice 

In  grateful  accents  rise. 

The  early  dawn  of  opening  life 
Has  proved  Thy  guardian  care; 

And  I  shall  still,  through  future  yeara. 
Thy  grace  and  mercy  share. 

Behold,  I  give  myself  to  Thee, 

And  in  Thy  name  confide; 
Most  Gracious  God,  0  deign  to  b« 

Mj  Father,  Friend,  and  Guide. 


NINETEENTH     SUNDAY.  239 


NINETEENTH    SUNDAY   AFTER 
TRINITY. 

PSALM  CXXXVIIL 

Gospd:  St  Matt.  ix.  1-8  •»   St.  Matt.  v.  3-12. 
EpUtle:  Eph.  iv.  17-S2     j"  2  Pet.  i.  1-11. 

f\  LORD,  our  Maker  and  Redeemer,  the  Holj 
One  of  Israel,  who  hast  stretched  forth  the 
heavens,  and  laid  the  foundations  of  the  earth ; 
be  pleased  graciously  to  confirm  and  carry  for- 
ward Thy  glorious  work  of  salvation  in  our 
hearts,  causing  old  things  to  pass  away  and  all 
things  to  become  new ;  that  looking  always 
above  and  beyond  this  world,  we  may  have  our 
conversation  in  heaven,  from  whence  also  we 
look  for  the  Saviour,  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ .  who 
liveth  and  reigneth  with  Thee  and  the  Holy 
Ghost,  ever  one  God,  world  without  end.  Amen 


164.       THE  WORD  A  GUIDE  TO  TRUTH.       C.  M. 

HOW  shall  the  young  secure  their  hearts, 
And  guard  their  lives  from  sin  ? 
Thy  word  the  choicest  rules  imparts 
lo  keep  the  conscience  clean. 


240  CHURCH    SEASON. 

When  once  it  enters  to  the  mind. 
It  spreads  such  light  abroad, 

The  meanest  souls  instruction  find, 
And  raise  their  thoughts  to  God. 


'T  is  like  the  sun,  a  heavenly  light, 
That  guides  us  all  the  day  ; 

And  through  the  dangers  of  the  night, 
A  lamp  to  lead  our  way. 

The  men  that  keep  Thy  law  with  cnre, 

And  meditate  Thy  word, 
Grow  wiser  than  their  teachers  are, 

And  better  know  the  Lord. 


Thy  precepts  make  me  truly  wise; 

I  hate  the  sinner's  road : 
I  hate  my  own  vain  thoughts  that  rise, 

But  love  Thy  law,  my  God. 

Thy  word  is  everlasting  truth, 

How  pure  is  every  page : 
That  holy  book  shall  guide  our  youth, 

And  well  support  our  age. 


165.     THE  EXCELLENCY  OF  SCRIPTURE.    C.  M 

LORD,  I  have  made  Thy  word  my  choice, 
My  lasting  heritage ; 
There  shall  my  noblest  pow'rs  rejoice, 
My  warmest  thoughts  engage. 


NINETEENTH     SUNDAY.  2^11 

I'll  read  the  hist'ries  of  Thy  love, 

And  keep  Thy  laws  in  sight, 
While  through  Thy  promises  I  rove, 

With  ever  fresh  delight. 

'T  is  a  broad  land  of  wealth  unknown. 

Where  springs  of  life  arise ; 
Seeds  of  immortal  bliss  are  sown, 

And  hidden  glory  lies. 

The  best  relief  that  mourners  have, 

It  makes  our  sorrows  blest; 
Our  fairest  hopes  beyond  the  grvft. 

And  our  eternal  rest. 


I« 


242  CHURcn   season. 


TWENTIETH    SUNDAY   AFTER 
TRINITY. 

PSALM  XC.  I 

Oospd:  St.  Matt.  xxii.  1-U  i  St.  Mark  xiii.  32-37 
Epistle:  Efh.r.lb-2l  I  Heb.  x.  82-39. 

A  GOD,  the  Father  everlasting,  whom  the  glo- 
^  nous  hosts  of  heaven  obey,  and  in  whose 
presence  patriarchs,  prophets,  apostles,  martyrs, 
with  all  the  spirits  of  the  just  made  perfect,  con- 
tinually do  live ;  fix  the  eye  of  our  faith,  we  be- 
seech Thee,  with  clear  and  full  vision,  on  the 
great  cloud  of  witnesses  with  which  we  are  thus 
compassed  about  in  the  heavenly  world ;  that, 
laying  aside  every  weight,  and  the  sin  which 
doth  so  easily  beset  us,  we  may  run  with  pa- 
tience the  race  that  is  set  before  us,  and  obtain 
at  last  the  crown  of  everlasting  life:  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 


166.  SINAI  AND  ZION.  C   M. 

NOT  to  the  terrors  of  the  Lord, 
The  tempest,  fire,  and  smoke, 
Not  to  the  thunder  of  that  word 
Which  God  on  Sinai  spoke ; 


TWENTIETH     SUNDAY.  243 

But  we  are  come  to  Zion's  hill, 

The  city  of  our  God, 
Where  milder  words  declare  His  will, 

And  spread  His  love  abroad. 

Behold  th*  innumerable  host 

Of  angels  cloth'd  in  light ! 
Behold  the  spirits  of  the  just, 

Whose  faith  is  turn'd  to  sight  1 

Behold  the  bless'd  assembly  there. 
Whose  names  are  writ  in  heav'n  I 

And  God,  the  Judge  of  all,  declares 
Their  vilest  sins  forgiv'n. 

The  saints  on  earth,  and  all  the  dead, 

But  one  communion  make; 
All  join  in  Christ,   their  living  Head, 

And  of  His  grace  partake. 

In  such  society  as  this. 

My  weary  soul  would  rest; 
The  man  that  dwells  where  Jesus  is, 

Must  be  forever  blest. 

167.  QUICKENING  GRACE.  C    M 

MY  soul  lies  cleaving  to  the  dust; 
Lord,  give  me  life  divine; 
From  vain  desires,  and  ev'ry  lust, 
Turn  oflF  these  eyes  of  mine. 

1  need  th'  influence  of  Thy  grace 

To  speed  me  in  my  way, 
Lest  I  should  loiter  in  my  race, 

Or  turn  my  feet  astray. 


244  CHURCH     SEASON. 

When  sore  afflictions  press  me  down, 
I  need  Thy  quick'ning  pow'rs; 

Thy  word  that  I  have  rested  on, 
Shall  help  my  heaviest  hours. 

Are  not  Thy  mercies  sov'reign  still, 

And  Thou  a  faithful  God? 
Wilt  Thou  not  grant  me  warmer  zeal 

To  run  the  heav'nly  road? 

Does  not  my  heart  Thy  precepts  love,  ., 

And  long  to  see  Thy  face  ?  i 

And  yet  how  slow  my  spirits  move,  1 
Without  enliv'ning  grace ! 

Then  shall  I  love  Thy  gospel  more, 

And  ne'er  forget  Thy  word ; 
When  I  have  felt  its  quick'ning  pow'r,     j 

To  draw  me  near  the  Lord.  jl 

X68.  PERSEVERANCE.  7b 

CHILDREN  of  the  heavenly  King, 
As  ye  journey,  sweetly  sing: 
Sing  your  Saviour's  worthy  praise, 
Glorious  in  His  works  and  ways. 

Ye  are  travelling  home  to  God, 
In  the  way  the  fathers  trod ; 
They  are  happy  now,  and  ye 
Soon  their  happiness  shall  see. 

0  ye  mourning  souls,  be  glad 
Christ  our  advocate  is  made ; 
Us  to  save,   our  flesh  assume^ 
Brother  to  our  souls  becomes. 


TWENTIETH     SUNDAY.  245 

Shout,  ye  little  flock,  and  blest, 
Soon  you'll  enter  into  rest: 
There  your  seat  is  now  prepared. 
There  your  kingdom  and  reward. 

Fear  not,  brethren,  joyful  stand 
On  the  borders  of  your  land ; 
Jesus  Christ,   our  Father's  Son, 
Bids  us  undismayed  go  on. 

Lord,  submissive  make  us  go, 
Gladly  leaving  all  below : 
Only  Thou  our  leader  be. 
And  we  still  will  follow  T^m. 


246  CHURCH     SEASON, 

TWENTY-FIRST    SUNDAY  AFTER 
TRINITY. 

PSALM  CXXYI. 

Ckyspd:   St.  John  iv.  4&-5-t   )   St. Luke  XTi,  19-31. 
Epistlt :  Eph.  vi.  10-20        \  Rom.  v.  12-21. 

\  LMIGHTY  and  most  merciful  God,  whosa 
name  is  a  strong  tower,  into  which  the 
righteous  runneth  and  is  safe;  lift  up  the  stand- 
ard of  Thy  Spirit,  we  beseech  Thee,  against  the 
power  of  the  enemy  coming  in  upon  us  like  a 
tJood,  and  clothe  us  with  the  full  armor  of  right- 
eousness on  the  right  hand  and  on  the  left ;  that 
we  may  be  able  to  fight  manfully  the  good  fight 
of  faith,  and  so  finish  our  course  with  joy,  in  the 
great  day  when  Christ,  the  righteous  Judge, 
shall  appear:  who  liveth  and  reigneth  with  Thee, 
in  the  unity  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  ever  one  God, 
world  without  end.     Amen. 


169.  GOD'S  PRESERVING  CARB.  II.   M 

UPWARD  I  lift  my  eyes, 
From  God  is  all  my  aid; 
The  God  that  built  the  skies, 
And  earth  and  nature  made; 
God  is  the  tower 
To  which  I  fly; 
His  grace  is  nigh 
In  every  hour. 


TWENTY-FIRST    SUNDAY.  247 

My  feet  shall  never  slide. 
And  fall  in  fatal  snares, 
Since  God,  my  guard  and  guide, 
Defends  me  from  my  fears 
Those  wakeful  eyes 
That  never  sleep, 
Shall  Israel  keep 
When  dangers  rise. 

No  burning  heats  by  day, 

Nor  blasts  of  evening  air, 
Shall  take  my  health  away. 
If  God  be  with  me  there ; 
Thou  art  my  sun, 
And  Thou  my  shade, 
To  guard  my  head 
By  night  or  noon. 

Hast  Thou  not  given  Thy  word 
To  save  my  soul  from  death  ? 
And  I  can  trust  my  Lord 
To  keep  my  mortal  breath: 
I'll  go  and  come. 
Nor  fear  to  die, 
Till  from  on  high 
Thou  call  me  home. 


170  PRAISE  TO  CHRIST.  C.  M 

HOSANNA  to  the  Prince  of  light. 
Who  clothed  Himself  in  day  i 
Entered  the  iron  gates  of  death, 
And  tore  the  bars  away. 


248  CHURCH     SEASON. 

See  how  the  Conqueror  mounts  aloft, 

And  to   His  Father  flies, 
With  scars  of  honor  in  His  flesh, 

Aud  triumph  in  His  eyes. 

Raise  your  devotion,  mortal  tongue*, 
To  reach  His  blessed  abode: 

Sweet  be  the  accents  of  your  songs, 
To  our  incarnate  God. 

Bright  angels,  strike  your  loudest  strings, 

Your  sweetest  voices  raise ; 
Let  heaven,  and  all  created  things, 

Sound  our  Immanuel's  praise. 

171.  WATCHFULNESS.  S.   M. 

GIVE  me  a  sober  mind, 
A  quick  discerning  eye. 
The  first  approach  of  sin  to  find. 
And  all  occasions  fly. 

Still  may  I  cleave  to  Thee, 

And  never  more  depart. 
But  watch  with  godly  jealousy 

Over  my  evil  heart. 

Thus  may  I  pass  my  days 

Of  sojourning  beneath, 
And  languish  to  conclude  my  race, 

And  render  up  my  breath. 

In  humble  love  and  fear, 

Thine  image  to  regain, 
And  see  Thee  in  the  clouds  appear 

Aud  rise  with  Tuee  to  reign. 


TWENTT-SECOND    SUNDAY.        249 


TWENTY-SECOND    SUNDAY   AFTER 
TRINITY. 

PSALM  CXXIII. 

Gospel:  St.  Matt,  xviii.  21-35   ;   St.  John  xi.  19-27. 
Epistle  :  Phil.  i.  3-11  i   1  Cor.  xt.  35-50, 

A  GOD,  by  whose  wise  and  righteous  order  the 
whole  creation  groaneth  and  travaileth  in 
pain  together  until  now,  as  having  been  made 
subject  to  vanity  by  reason  of  sin ;  graciously 
help  the  infirmities  of  Thy  people,  we  humbly 
beseech  Thee,  and  raise  them  up  through  the 
strong  power  of  Christian  hope  ;  that  we  also, 
who  have  received  the  first  fruits  of  the  Spirit, 
may  not  seek  our  rest  in  this  mortal  state,  but 
inwardly  long  after  that  which  is  far  better*  tc 
be  with  Christ  in  heaven:  to  whom,  with  Thee 
and  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  honcr  and  glory,  world 
without  end.     Amen. 


172.  JESUS,  THE  PASCHAL  LAMB.    8s  &  Ts. 


I 


PASCHAL  Lamb,  by  God  appointed, 
All  our  sins  on  Thee  were  laid: 
By  Almighty  love  anointed. 

Thou  hast  full  atonement  made: 


250  CHURCH     SEASON. 

All  Thy  people  are  forgiven, 

Through  the  virtues  of  Thy  blood  I 
Opened  is  the  gate  of  heaven ; 

Peace  is  made  'twixt  man  and  God- 
Jesus,  hail !  enthroned  in  glory, 

There  forever  to  abide ! 
All  the  heavenly  hosts  adore  Thee, 

Seated  at  Thy  Father's  side: 
There  for  sinners  Thou  art  pleading ; 

There  Thou  dost  our  place  prepare, 
Ever  for  us  interceding, 

Till  in  glory  Thou  appear. 

Glory,  honor,  power,  and  blessing, 

Thou  art  worthy  to  receive; 
Loudest  praises,  without  ceasing. 

Meet  it  is  for  us  to  give: 
When  we  join  th'  angelic  spirits  I 

In  their  sweetest,  noblest  lays ; 
We  will  sing  our  Saviour's  merits, 

Gladly  chant  Immanuel's  praise. 

173.  THE  HEAYENLT  REST.        C.  P.    ^ 

THERE  is  an  hour  of  peaceful  rest 
To  mourning  wanderers  giv'n: 
There  is  a  tear  for  souls  distressed, 
A  balm  for  every  wounded  breast; 
'T  is  found  alone  —  in  heav'n. 

There  is  a  home  for  weary  souls, 

By  sins  and  sorrows  driv'n ; 
When  toss'd  on  life's  tempestuous  shoals. 
Where  storms  arise,  and  oceans  roll, 
And  all  is  drear  —  but  heav'n. 


TVTENTY- SECOND    SUNDAY.  251 

There  faith  lifts  up  the  tearless^  eye, 

The  heart  with  anguish  riv'n; 
It  views  the  tempest  passing  by. 
Sees  evening  shadows  quickly  fly, 

And  all  serene  —  in  heav'n. 

There  fragrant  flowers  immortal  bloom. 

And  joys  supreme  are  giv'n; 
There  rays  divine  disperse  the  gloom, 
iJeyond  the  dark  and  narrow  tomb 

Appears  the  dawn  —  of  heaven. 


252  CHURCH    SEASON. 


TWENTY-THIRD  SUNDAY  AFTER 
TRINITY. 

PSALM  XXIII. 

Gospel:  St,  Matt.  xxii.  15-22  ^  St.  Matt  xxv.  31-48. 
Epistle:  Phil.  iii.  17-21  j"  Key.  xx.  11-16. 

A  GOD,  to  whom  both  power  and  mercy  be- 
long,  and  who  renderest  to  every  man  ac- 
cording to  his  work ;  give  us  grace,  we  beseech 
Thee,  to  set  Thy  presence  before  us  in  all  our 
ways,  and  to  seek  continually  those  things  which 
are  well  pleasing  in  Thy  sight ;  that  we  may 
pass  through  the  world,  as  pilgrims  and  stran- 
gers, in  all  holy  conversation  and  godliness,  look- 
ing for  and  hastening  unto  the  second  advent  of 
the  Lord  Jesus,  when  He  shall  come  to  be  glori- 
fied in  His  saints  and  admired  in  all  them  that 
believe :  to  whom,  with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghoi«t, 
be  honor  and  glory,  world  without  end.     Amen. 


174.    THE  SOUL'S  REST  IN  THE  CHURCH.    S.  M. 

LIKE  Noah's  weary  dove, 
That  soared  the  earth  around, 
But  not  a  resting-place  above 
The  cheerless  waters  found ; 


TWENTF-THIRD    SUNDAY.  253 

0  cease,  ray  wand'ring  soul, 
^  On  restless  wing  to  roam  ; 

All  the  wide  world,  to  either  pole. 
Has  not  for  thee  a  home. 

Behold  the  Ark  of  God. 

Behold  the  open  door! 
Hasten  to  gain  that  dear  abode, 

And  rove,  my  soul,  no  more. 

There  safe  thou  shalt  abide, 
Thbre  sweet  shall  be  thy  rest, 

And  every  longing  satisfied, 
With  full  salvation  blest. 

And  when  the  waves  of  ire 

Again  the  earth  shall  fill, 
The  Ark  shall  ride  the  sea  of  fire, 

Then  rest  on  Sion's  hill. 


175.  THE   HEAVENLY  JERUSALEM.        C.    M 

0  MOTHER  dear,  Jerusalem, 
When  shall  I  come  to  thee? 
When  shall  my  sorrows  have  an  end  ? 
Thy  joys  when  shall  I  see  ? 


I 


Jerusalem  the  city  is 

Of  God  our  King  alone ; 
The  Lamb  of  God,   its  light  and  bliss, 

Sits  on  His  glorious  throne. 

O  happy  harbor  of  God's  saints  I 

0  sweet  and  pl<easant  soil ! 
In  thee  no  sorrow  may  be  fo'ind  — 

No  grief,  no  care,  no  toL' 


254  CHURCH    SEASON. 

Nft  dimming  clouds  o'ershadow  thQ% 
No  dull  or  darksome  night; 

For  every  soul  shines  as  the  sun, 
And  God  Himself  gives  light. 

Jerusalem!  God's  dwelling  place  I 

I  love,  and  long  to  see, 
0  that  my  sorrows  had  an  end, 

That  I  might  dwell  in  thee. 

Jehovah,  Lord  I  now  come,  I  praf. 
And  end  my  grief  and  plaints; 

Take  me  to  Thy  Jerusalem  — 
Place  me  among  Thy  saintai 


I 


TWENTY-FOURTH   SUNDAY.         255 


TWEKTY-FOURTH  SUNDAY  AFTER 
TRINITY. 

PSALM  CXXV. 

Cfospel:   St.  Matjt.  ix.  18-26  i  St.  John  v.  24-29. 
Epiitle:  Col.  i.  9-14  S  Rev.  xxii.  1-21. 

4  LMIGHTY  and  most  merciful  God,  who  didst 
cause  Thy  Son  to  descend  into  the  bosom 
of  the  grave,  that  He  might  destroy  him  that  had 
the  power  of  death,  and  deliver  them  who  through 
fear  of  death  were  all  their  lifetime  subject  to 
bondage ;  work  in  us,  we  beseech  Thee,  such 
holy  mortification  to  all  the  things  of  this  world, 
and  such  lively  apprehension  of  things  unseen 
and  eternal,  as  may  prepare  us  to  die  without 
anxiety  or  dismay,  knowing  that  if  our  earthly 
house  of  this  tabernacle  be  dissolved,  we  have  a 
building  of  God,  a  house  not  made  with  hands, 
eternal  in  the  heavens :  through  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord.     Amen. 


176.  JESUS  CHRIST.  7fl. 

JESUS  Christ  has  lived  and  died, 
What  is  all  the  world  beside? 
This  to  know  is  all  we  need, 
This  to  know  is  life  indeed. 


256  CHURCH     SEASON. 

Other  wisdom  seek  I  none, 
Teach  me  this,  and  this  alone; 
Christ  for  me  hath  lived  and  died, 
Christ  for  me  was  crucified. 

Can  my  soul  on  shadows  vain 
Ever  spend  a  thought  again? 
No  —  before  this  light  they  flee, 
Jesus  Christ  has  died  for  me. 


177.  CHRIST  THE  OBJECT  OF  LOVE.        C.   M 

JESUS,  I  love  Thy  charming  name, 
'Tis  music  to  mine  ear; 
Fain  woujd  I  sound  it  out  so  loud, 
That  earth  and  heaven  should  hear. 

Yes,  Thou  art  precious  to  my  soul, 
My  joy,  my  hope,  my  trust: 

Jewels,  to  Thee,  are  gaudy  toys, 
And  gold  is  sordid  dust. 

All  my  capacious  powers  can  wish, 

In  Thee  most  richly  meet; 
Nor  to  mine  eyes  is  light  so  dear, 

Nor  friendship  half  so  sweet. 

Thy  grace  still  dwells  upon  my  heart. 
And  sheds  its  fragrance  there; 

The  noblest  balm  of  all  its  wounds, 
The  cordial  of  its  care. 

I'll  speak  the  honors  of  Thy  name, 
With  my  last,  laboring  breath  ; 

Then  speechless  clasp  Thee  in  mine  arma. 
The  antidote  of  death. 


TWENTY-FIFTH     SUNDAY.         25l 

TWENTY-FIFTH  SUNDAY  AFTEE 
TRINITY. 

PSALM   LXVIL 

Gospfl:  St.  Matt.  xxiv.  15-28   i   St.  John  xir.  1-4. 
2,>j^^€:  IThess.  iv.  13-18        j   Eev.  vii.  13-17. 

A  LMIGHTY  and  everlasting  God,  the  Fountaa 
•^  of  all  life  and  power,  who  hast  promised 
to  bring  up  again  from  the  dead  the  bodies  of 
them  which  sleep  in  Jesus  ;  gather  not  our  souls 
with  sinners,  we  beseech  Thee,  but  make  us  to 
be  numbered  with  Thy  saints  in  glory  everlast- 
ing; that  having  been  joined  with  them  in  one 
communion  here,  we  may  also  share  hereafter 
their  joyful  triumph,  in  the  resu-rrection  at  the 
last  day :  through  the  same  Jesus  Christ,  our 
risen  and  glorified  Lord.     Amen. 


178.  3HE  DAY  OF  WRATH.  L.  M 

THE  day  of  wrath,  that  dreadful  day, 
When  heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  away  I 
What  power  shall  be  the  sinner's  stay? 
How  shall  he  meet  that  dreadful  day  ? 

When,  shrivelling  like  a  parched  scroll, 
The  flaming  heavens  together  roll ; 
When  louder  yet,  and  yet  more  dread. 
Swells  the  high  trump  that  wakes  the  dead. 
17 


258  CHURcn  season. 

Oh !  on  that  day,  that  wrathful  day, 
When  man  to  judgment  wakes  from  clay, 
Be  Thou  the  trembling  sinner's  stay, 
Though  heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  away 


179.  THE  SAINTED  DEAD.  C.   M 

HEAR  what  the  voice  from  heav'n  prccl»iro» 
For  all  the  pious  dead; 
Sweet  is  the  savor  of  their  names, 
And  soft  their  sleeping  bed. 

They  die  in  Jesus  and  are  bless'd; 

How  kind  their  slumbers  are! 
From  suff'rings  and  from  sin  releas'd 

And  freed  from  ev'ry  snare. 

Far  from  this  world  of  toil  and  strife, 
They  're  present  with  the  Lord ; 

The  labors  of  their  mortal  life 
End  in  a  large  reward. 


180.  THE  SAINTS  IN  GLORY.  L.  M 

EXALTED  high  at  God's  right  hand, 
Nearer  the  throne  than  cherubs  stand, 
With  glory  crown'd,  in  white  array, 
My  wond'ring  soul  says,  •'  Who  are  they?" 

These  are  the  saints  belov'd  of  God ; 
Wash'd  are  their  robes  in  Jesus'  blood; 
More  spotless  than  the  purest  white. 
They  shine  in  uncreated  light 


TWENTY-FIFTH     SUNDAT.  2(9 

Unkno"wn  to  mortal  ears  they  sing 
The  sacred  glories  of  their  King;  — 
Tell  me  the  subject  of  their  lays, 
And  whence  their  loud  exalted  praise  T 

Jesus,  the  Saviour,  is  their  theme; 
They  sing  the  wonders  of  His  name; 
To   Him  ascribing  pow'r  and  grace, 
Dominion  and  eternal  praise. 

Amen,  they  cry,   to  Him  alone, 
Who  dares  to  fill  His  Father's  thron«; 
They  give  Him  glory,  and  again 
Bepeat  His  praise  and  naj,  AmtB 


260  CHURCH    SEASON. 

TWENTY-SIXTH  SUNDAY  AFTEE 
TRINITY. 

PSALM  xcvn. 

Oogpd:  St.  Matt.  xxt.  31-46  1   St.  Matt.  six.  27-30. 
Epigtle:  2  Thess.  i.  S-10  /  Rer.  xxi.  1-8. 

(\  GOD,  who  hast  appointed  a  day  in  the  which 
^  Thou  wilt  judge  the  world  in  righteousneiis, 
by  that  man  whom  Thou  hast  ordained,  giving 
assurance  thereof  unto  all  in  that  Thou  -hast 
raised  Him  from  the  dead;  grant  unto  us  grace, 
we  beseech  Thee,  tc  keep  in  mind  always  the 
power  and  coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
and  to  wait  continually  for  His  revelation  from 
heaven;  that  having  boldly  confessed  Him  before 
men,  we  also  may  be  openly  acknowledged  and 
confessed  by  Him  when  all  flesh  shall  appear  in 
His  presence*  to  whom,  with  Thee  and  the  Holy 
Ghost,  be  honor  and  glory,  world  without  end. 
Amen. 


18L  Ss,  7s  &  4a 

THE  SECOND  COMING  OF  CHRIST. 

LO 1  He  comes,  with  clouds  descending, 
Once  for  favored  sinners  slain: 
Thousand  thousand  saints  attending 
Swell  the  triumph  of  His  train: 
Hallelujah ! 
Jesus  Christ  shall  ever  reign  I 


T  WE>f  T  Y-SIXTH     SUNDAT.  261 

See  the  universe  in  motion, 

Sinking  on  her  funeral  pyre  — 

Earth  dissolving,  and  the  ocean 
Vanishing  in  final  fire:  — 
Hark,   the  trumpet! 

Loud  proclaims  that  Day  of  Ire  J 

Graves  have  yawned  in  countless  numberSi 
From  the  dust  the  dead  arise; 

Millions,   out  of  silent  slumbers, 
Wake  in  overwhelmed  surprise; 
Where  creation, 

Wrecked  and  torn  in  ruin  lies  I 


See  the  Judge  our  nature  wearing, 
Pure,  ineffable,  divine  :  — 

See  the  great  Archangel  bearing 
High  in  heaven  the  mystic  sign: 
Cross  of  Glory! 

Christ  be  in  that  moment  mine! 


Every  eye  shall  then  behold  Him 
Robed  in  awful  majesty:  — 

Those  that  set  at  naught  and  sold  Him- 
Piercel  and  nailed  Him  to  a  tree  — 
Deeply  wailing, 

Shall  the  true  Messiah  see  t 

Lo !  the  last  long  separation ! 

As  th»?  cleaving  crowds  divide; 
And  one  dread  adjudication 

Sends  each  soul  to  either  side! 
Lord  af  mercy ! 
How  shall  I  that  day  abide  1 


262  CHURCH     SEASON. 

0,  may  Thine  own  Bride  and  Spirit 
Then  avert  a  dreadful  doom  — 

And  me  summon  to  inherit 
An  eternal  blissful  home: 
Ah  I  come  quickly  1 

Let  Thy  second  Advent  cornel 


Tea,  Amen!  Let  all  adore  Th«e 
On  Thine  amaranthine  throne! 

Saviour  —  take  the  power  and  glory, 
Claim  the  kingdoms  for  Thine  own ! 
Men  and  angels 

Kneel  and  bow  to  Thee  alone! 


182.  L.C.M, 

APPREHENSION  OF  JUDGMENT. 

WHEN  Thou,   my  righteous  Judge,    shall 
come 
To  take  Thy  ransomed  people  home, 

Shall  I  among  them  stand? 
Shall  such  a  worthless  worm  as  I, 
Who  sometimes  am  afraid  to  die, 
Be  found  at  Thy  right  hand? 


I  love  to  meet  among  them  now, 
Before  Thy  gracious  feet  to  bow, 

Though  vilest  of  them  all ; 
But  can  I  bear  the  piercing  thought, 
What  if  my  name  should  be  left  out, 

When  Thou  for  them  shalt  call? 


TWENTY-SIXTH     SUNDAY.         263 

Prevent,  prevent  it  by  Thy  grace  ; 
Be  Thou,   dear  Lord,   my  hiding  place, 

la  this  the  accepted  day ; 
Thy  pardoning  voice,  0!  let  me  hear, 
To  still  Biy  unbelieving  fear, 

Nor  let  me  fall,  I  pray. 

Let  me  among  Thy  saints  be  found. 
Whene'er  the  archangel's  trump  shall  sound, 

To  see  Thy  smiling  face ; 
Tken  loudest  of  the  crowd  I'll  sing, 
While  heaven's  resounding  mansions  ring 

Witk  shouts  of  sovereigQ  grace. 


264  CHURCH     SEASON: 


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TWENTY-SEVENTH  SUNDAY  AFTEK 
TRINITY. 

PSALM  XCVI. 

Gospel:  St.  Matt.  xxv.  1-13  }  St.  John  xvii.  20-28. 
EpUtU:  2  Pet.  iii.  3-14  J  Key.  vu.  2-12. 

A  LMIGHTY  and  everlasting  God,  by  whose 
word  the  heavens  and  the  earth,  which  are 
now,  are  kept  in  store,  reserved  unto  fire  against 
the  day  of  judgment  and  perdition  of  ungodly 
men ;  make  us,  we  beseech  Thee,  to  be  such 
manner  of  persons  in  all  holy  conversation  and 
godliness,  as  they  ought  to  be  who  look  for  such 
things;  that  when  this  frame  of  nature  shall  be 
dissolved,  we  may  be  counted  worthy  to  behold 
and  enjoy,  according  to  Thy  promise,  the  new 
heavens  and  the  new  earth,  wherein  dwelleth 
righteousness:  through  the  merits  and  mediation 
of  Thy  Son  Jesus  Christ,  who  liveth  and  reigneth 
with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  ever  one  Qod, 
world  without  end.     Am^n. 


1 83.  F0RE7ER  WITH  TIIB  LORD.  8.  M. 


Ujp 


OREVER  witli  the  Lord  I" 
Jesus !  let  it  be ; 
Ijife  from  the  dead  is  in  that  word, 
'Tis  immortality. 


TWENTY-SEYENTH     SUNDAY  265 

Here,  in  the  body  pent, 

Absent  from  Thee  I  roam ; 
Yet  nightly  pitch  my  moving  tent 

A  day's  march  nearer  home. 

"Forever  with  the  Lord!" 
Saviour,  if  'tis  Thy  will, 
The  promise  of  that  faithful  worJ 
E'en  here  to  me  fulfil 

So  when  my  latest  breath 

Shall  rend  the  veil  in  twain, 
By  death  I  shall  escape  from  death. 

And  life  eternal  gain. 

Knowing  as  I  am  kno^n, 
How  shall  I  love  that  word, 

And  oft  repeat  before  the  throne  : 
*' Forever  with  the  Lord  I" 


184.  THE  HEAVENLY  HOME.  S.   M 

MY  Father's  house  «n  high  I 
Home  of  my  soul !  how  near, 
At  times,   to  faith's  foreseeing  eye 
Thy  golden  gates  appear! 

Ah  !   then  my  spirit  faints 
To  reach  the  land  I  love, 

The  bright  inheritance  of  saintg, 
Jerusal-em  above. 

Yet,    clouds  will  intervene, 
And  all  my  prospect  flies; 

Like  Noah's  dove  I  flit  between 
Rough  seas  and  stormy  skies. 


266  CHURCH     SEASON. 

Anon  the  clouds  depart, 

The  winds  and  waters  cease; 

While  sweetly  o'er  my  gladdened  heart 
Expands  the  bow  of  peace. 

t  hear  at  morn  and  even, 
At  noon  and  midnight  hour, 

The  choral  harmonies  of  heaven, 
Earth's  Babel-tongues  o'erpower. 

Then,  then  I  feel  that  He  — 

Remembered  or  forgot  — 
The  Lord  is  never  far  from  me, 

Though  I  perceive  Him  not. 

185.  THE  WORSHIP  OF  HEAVEN.  L.  IL 

OFOR  ft  sweet  inspiring  ray, 
To  animate  our  feeble  strains, 
From  the  bright  realms  of  endless  day. 
The  blissful  realms  where  Jesus  reigns  I 

There,  low  before  His  glorious  throne, 
Adoring  saints  and  angels  fall; 
And,  with  delightful  worship,   own 
His  smile  their  bliss,  their  heav'n,  their  all 

Immortal  glories  crown  His  head, 
While  tuneful  hallelujahs  rise. 
And  love,  and  joy,  and  triumph,  spread 
Through  all  th'  assemblies  of  the  skies. 

He  smiles,  and  seraphs  tune  their  songa 
To  boundless  rapture  while  they  gaze; 
Ten  thousand  thousand  joyful  tongues 
Resound  His  everlasting  praise. 


T  WENTY-SEyENTH     SUNDAY.         267 

There  all  the  fav'rites  of  the  Lamb 
Shall  join  at  last  the  heav'nly  choir; 
0  may  the  joy-inspiring  theme. 
Awake  our  faith  and  warm  desire! 
Dear  Saviour!  let  Thy  Spirit  seal 
Our  int'rest  in  that  blissful  place, 
Till  death  remove  this  mortal  veil, 
And  we  behold  Thy  lovely  face. 

186.  THE  HAPPY  LAND.  P.  M 

THERE  is  a  happy  land, 
Far,  far  away, 
Where  saints  in  glory  stand, 

Bright,  bright  as  day  ; 
Oh !  how  they  sweetly  sing, 

Worthy  is  our  Saviour  King, 
Loud  let  His  praises  ring, 
Praise,  praise  for  aye. 

Come  to  that  happy  land, 

Come,   come  away ; 
Why  will  ye  doubting  stand, 

Why  still  delay? 
Ob,  we  shall  happy  be, 

When  from  sin  and  sorrow  free, 
Lord,  we  shall  live  with  Thee, 

Blest,  blest  for  aye. 

Bright  in  that  happy  land, 

Beams  every  eye ; 
Kept  by  a  Father's  hand. 

Love  cannot  die. 
On  then,  to  glory  run, 

Be  a  crown  and  kingdom  won, 
A.nd,  bright  above  the  sun, 

We  reign  for  aye. 


268  THE  lord's  sufies 

HYMNS 

FOR 

SPECIAL  OCCASIONS. 


LORD'S  SUPPER. 

187.  TUE  LORD'S  SUPPER  L.  M. 

5nn  WAS  on  that  dark,  that  doleful  night, 
J-      When  pow'rs  of  earth  and  hell  arose 
Against  the  Son  of  God's  delight. 
And  friends  betray'd  Him  to  His  foes : 

Before  the  mournful  scene  began, 
He  took  the  bread,  and  blest,  and  brake ; 
What  love  through  all  His  actions  ran! 
What  wondrous  words  of  grace  He  spake 

•'  This  is  my  body  broke  for  sin, 
Receive  and  eat  the  living  food  ; " 
Then  took  the  cup,  and  bless'd  the  wine ; 

»'  'Tis  the  new  cov'nant  in  my  blood." 

For  us  His  flesh  with  nails  was  torn, 
He  bore  the  scourge.  He  felt  the  thorn; 
And  justice  pour'd  upon   His  head 
Its  heavy  vengeance  in  our  stead. 


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THE   lord's   supper.  26^^ 

For  US  Hi8  vital  blood  was  spilt, 
To  buy  the  pardon  of  our  guilt, 
When  for  black  crimes  of  greatest  size, 
He  gave  His  soul  a  sacrifice. 

Do  this.  He  cried,  till  time  shall  end, 
In  mem'ry  of  your  dying  friend ; 
Meet  at  my  table,   and  record 
The  love  of  your  departed  Lord.'* 

Jesus,  Thy  feast  we  celebrate. 
We  show  Thy  death,  we  sing  Thy  name ; 
Till  Thou  return,  and  we  shall  eat 
The  marriage  supper  of  the  Lamb. 


188.        THE  TRUE  MEAT  AND  DRINK,  7a. 

BKEAD  of  heaven,  on  Thee  we  feed, 
For  Thy  flesh  is  meat  imdeed; 
Ever  may  our  souls  be  fed. 
With  the  tru-e  and  living  bread; 
Day  by  day  with  strength  supplied, 
Through  the  life  of  Him  who  died. 

Vine  of  heaven,  Thy  Blood  supplies 
This  blest  cup  of  sacrifice ; 
'T  is  Thy  wounds  our  healing  give; 
To  Thy  cross  we  look  and  live: 
Lord  of  life,  0  let  us  be 
Eooted,  grounded,  built  on  The«. 


270  CONFIRMATION 

CONFIRMATION. 

189.  ^OW  AT  CONFIRMATION.  C.   M- 

WITNESS,  ye  men  and  angels,  now. 
Before  the  Lord  we  speak; 
To  Him  we  make  our  solemn  vow, 
A  vow  we  dare  not  break: 

That,  long  as  life  itself  shall  last, 
Ourselves  to  Christ  we  yield; 

Nor  from  His  cause  will  we  depart, 
Or  ever  quit  the  field. 

We  trust  not  in  our  native  strength, 

But  on  His  grace  rely, 
That,  with  returning  wants,  the  Lord 

Will  all  our  need  supply. 

Lord,  guide  our  doubtful  feet  aright, 

And  keep  us  in  Thy  ways, 
And  while  we  turn  our  vows  to  prayers, 

Turn  Thou  our  pray'rs  to  praise. 

190.  CONSECRATION  TO  GOD  L.   M. 

LORD,  I  am  Thine,  entirely  Thine, 
Purchased  and  saved  by  blood  divine; 
With  full  consent  Thine  I  would  be, 
And  own  Thy  sovereign  right  in  me. 


CONFIRMATION.  271 

O^Hnt  one  poor  sinner  more  a  place. 
Among  the  children  of  Thy  grace  ; 
A  wretched  sinner,  lost  to  God, 
I5ut  ransomed  by  Immanuel's  blood. 

Thine  would  I  live,  Thine  would  I  die, 
Be  Thine  through  all  eternity; 
fhe  vow  is  past  beyond  repeal ; 
tfow  will  I  set  the  solemn  seal. 

"Sere  at  that  cross  where  flows  the  blood 
Chat  bought  my  guilty  soul  for  God; 
Thee,  my  new  Master,  now  I  call, 
And  consecrate  to  Thee  my  all. 

Do  Thou  assist  a  feeble  worm, 
The  great  engagement  to  perform ; 
Thy   grace  can  full  assistance  lend, 
And  on  that  grace  I  dare  depend. 


19  I,  JOY  AT  CONFIRMATION.  L.  M 

PA  HAPPY  day,  that  stays  my  choice 
v'     On  Tliee,  my  Saviour  and  my  Godl 
Well  may  this  glowing  heart  rejoice, 
Ai.d  tell  Thy  goodness  all  abroad. 

0  happy  bond  !  that  seals  my  vows 
To  flim  who  merits  all  my  love; 
Let  cheerful  snithems  fill  His  house, 
Whlj!e  to  His  sacred  throne  I  move. 

'Tis  done,  the  great  transaction's  done  ; 
Deign,  gracious  Lord,  to  make  me  Thine; 
Help  iJie,  through  grace,  to  follow  on, 
Glad  to  confess  Thj  voice  divine. 


272  CONFIRMATIOX. 

Here  rest,  my  oft-divided  heart, 
Fix'd  on  Thy  God.  Thy  Saviour,  rest ; 
Who  with  the  world  would  grieve  to  part. 
When  call'd  on  angels'  food  to  feast? 

High  heav'n,  that  heard  the  solemn  vow, 
That  vow  renew'd  shall  daily  hear, 
Till  in  life's  latest  hour  I  bow, 
And  bless  in  death  a  bond  so  de«r. 


■  YENINQ    HYMNS.  273 

EVENING  HYMNS. 

192.  CHILD'S  EVENING  HYMN.        8s  &  78. 

JESUS,  tender  Shepherd,  hear  us  ; 
Bless  Thy  little  lambs  to-night: 
Through  the  darkness  be  Thou  near  us: 
Keep  us  safe  till  morning  light. 

All  this  day  Thy  hand  has  led  us, 
And  we  thank  Thee  for  Thy  care; 

Thou  hast  clothed  us,  warmed  us,  fed  us, 
Listen  to  our  evening  prayer! 

May  our  sins  be  all  forgiven  ; 

Bless  the  friends  we  love  so  well ; 
Take  us,  when  we  die,   to  heaven, 

Happy  there  with  Thee  to  dwell. 

193.  EYEXINQ  HYMN.  L.  M. 

GLORY  to  Thee  my  God  this  night, 
For  all  the  blessings  of  the  light; 
Keep  me,  0  keep  me,  King  of  kings, 
Under  Thine  own  Almighty  wings. 

Forgive  me.  Lord,  for  Thy  dear  Son, 
The  ills  that  I  this  day  have  done; 
That  with  the  world,  myself,   and  Thee, 
1,  ere  I  sleep,  at  peace  may  be. 
18 


274  EVENING    HFMNS. 

Teach  me  to  live,  that  I  may  dread 
The  grave  as  little  as  my  bed ; 
Teach  me  to  die,  that  so  I  may 
Triumphing  rise  at  the  last  day. 

0  may  my  soul  on  Thee  repose. 
And  with  sweet  sleep  mine  eyelids  close. 
Sleep  that  may  me  more  vig'rous  make 
To  serve  my  God  when  I  awake. 

When  in  the  night  I  sleepless  lie, 
My  soul  with  heavenly  thoughts  supply; 
Let  no  ill  dreams  disturb  my  rest, 
No  powers  of  darkness  me  molest. 

0  when  shall  I,  in  endless  day, 
Forever  chase  dark  sleep  away, 
And  hymns  divine  with  angels  sing, 
Glory  to  Thee,   eternal  King? 

Praise  God  from  whom  all  blessings  floir, 
Praise  Him  all  creatures  here  below; 
Praise  Him  above,  angelic  host; 
Praise  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost. 

194.  TWILIGHT  DEVOTION.  C-  M 

I  LOVE  to  steal  awhile  away 
From  ev'ry  cumb'ring  care, 
\nd  spend  the  hours  of  setting  day, 
In  humble,  grateful  pray'r. 

I  love  in  solitude  to  shed 

The  penitential  tear. 
And  all  His  promises  to  plead, 

Where  none  but  God  can  hear. 


ETENINQ    HTMNS.  275 

I  love  to  think  on  mercies  past, 

And  future  good  implore, 
And  all  my  cares  and  sorrows  caBi 

On  Him  whom  I  adore. 


I  love  by  faith  to  take  a  view 
Of  brighter  scenes  in  heav'n  ; 

The  prospect  doth  my  strength  renew, 
While  here  by  tempests  driv'n. 


Thus,  when  life's  toilsome  day  is  o'er, 

May  its  departing  ray 
Be  calm  as  this  impressive  hoar. 

And  lead  to  endless  day. 


195.  EVENING  HYMN. 

SAVIOUR,  ere  in  sweet  repose 
I  my  weary  eyelids  close. 
Let  me  love,  with  perfect  love, 
Child,  and  man,  and  God  above. 


Guard  me  when  in  sleep  I  lie: 
Plead  for  me  with  God  on  highj 
All  that  stained  my  soul  to-day, 
"Wash  it  in  Thy  Blood  away. 


If  my  slumbers  broken  be, 
Waking,  let  me  think  of  Thee: 
Darkness  cannot  make  me  fear 
If  I  feel  that  Thou  art  near. 


276  EVENING    HTMKS. 

196.       AN  EVENING  HYMN  OF  PRAISE.      C.  M. 

NOW  from  the  altar  of  our  hearts 
Let  flames  of  love  arise; 
Assist  us,  Lord,  to  otfer  up 
Our  ev'ning  sa^^rifice. 

Minutes  and  mercies  multiplied 
Have  made  up  all  this  day; 

Minutes  came  quick,  but  mercies  were 
More  swift  and  free  than  they. 

New  time,  new  favor,  and  new  joys, 

Do  a  new  song  require ; 
Till  we  shall  praise  Thee  as  we  would. 

Accept  our  hearts'  desire. 

Lord  of  our  days,  whose  hand  hath  set 

New  time  upon  the  score; 
Thee  may  we  praise  for  all  our  time, 

When  time  shall  be  no  more. 


197.       ^^  EVENING  HYMN  OF  PRAYER.     S.  M. 

'■PHE  day  is  past  and  gone, 
J-      The  evening  shades  appear; 
Oh '  may  I  ever  keep  in  mind. 
The  night  of  death  draws  near. 

I  lay  my  garments  by, 

Upon  my  bed  to  rest ; 
So  death  will  soon  remove  me  hence, 

And  leave  my  soul  undressed. 


EVENING     HYMNS.  277 

Lord,  keep  me  safe  this  night. 

Secure  from  all  my  fears: 
May  angels  guard  me  ^hile  I  sleep, 

Till  morning  light  appears. 

And  when  I  early  rise, 

To  view  th'  unwearied  sun,  • 

May  I  set  out  to  win  the  prize. 

And  after  glory  run. 

That  when  my  days  are  past. 

And  I  from  time  remove, 
Lord,  may  I  in  Thy  bosom  rest,  — 

The  bosom  of  Thy  love. 

198.  DAYLIGHT'S  CLOSE.  Tf. 

SOFTLY  now  the  light  of  day 
Fades  upon  my  sight  away; 
Free  from  care,  from  labor  free, 
Lord,  I  would  commune  with  Thee. 

Thou,  whose  all-pervading  eye 
Nought  escapes  without,  within, 
Pardon  each  infirmity. 
Open  fault,  and  secret  sin. 

Soon,  for  me,  the  light  of  day 
Shall  forever  pass  away; 
Then,  from  sin  and  sorrow  free. 
Take  me.  Lord,  to  dwell  with  The« 

Thou  who,  sinless,  yet  hast  known 
All  of  man's  infirmity; 
Then  from  Thine  eternal  throne, 
Jesus,  look  with  pitying  eye. 


278  MORNING    UTMN8. 


MORNING   HYMNS. 


199.         MORNING  HYMN  OP  PRATER.        C     M 

GOD  of  my  life,  my  morning  song 
To  Thee  1  cheerful  raise ; 
Thy  acts  of  love  't  is  good  to  sing. 
And  pleasant 't  is  to  praise. 

Preserved  by  Thine  almighty  arm, 

I  passed  the  shades  of  night, 
Serene,  and  safe  from  ev'ry  harm, 

To  see  the  morning  light. 

While  numbers  spent  the  night  in  sighs, 

And  restless  pains  and  woes, 
In  gentle  sleep  I  clos'd  my  eyes, 

And  rose  from  sweet  repose. 

When  sleep,  death's  image,  o'er  me  8preiw4, 

And  I  unconscious  lay, 
Thy  watchful  care  was  round  my  bed 

To  guard  my  feeble  clay. 

0  let  the  same  almighty  care 

Through  all  this  day  attend ; 
From  ev'ry  danger,  ev'ry  snare, 

My  heedless  steps  defend. 


MORNING    HYMNS.  279 

Smile  on  my  minutes  as  they  roll, 

And  guide  my  future  days ; 
And  let  Thy  goodness  fill  my  soul 

With  gratitude  and  praise. 

200.        MORNING  HYMN  OF  PRAISE.  S.  M. 

SEE  how  the  rising  sun 
Pursues  his  shining  way: 
And  wide  proclaims  his  Maker's  praise 
With  ev'ry  bright'ning  ray. 

Thus  would  my  rising  soul 

Its  heav'nly  Parent  sing, 
And  to  its  great  Original 

The  humble  tribute  bring. 

Serene  I  laid  me  down 

Beneath  His  guardian  care ; 
I  slept,  and  I  awoke,  and  found 

My  kind  Preserver  nearl 

Thus  does  Thine  arm  support 
This  weak,  defenceless  frame ; 

But  whence  these  favors,  Lord,  to  me, 
So  worthless  as  I  am? 

Oh  I  how  shall  I  repay 

The  bounties  of  my  God? 
This  feeble  spirit  pants  beneath 

The  pleasing,  painful  load. 

Dear  Saviour,  to  Thy  cross 

I  bring  my  sacrifice ; 
Ting'd  with  Thy  blood,  it  shall  ascend 

With  fragrance  to  the  skies. 


280  MORNING     HYMNS. 

My  life  I  would  anew 

Devote,   0  Lord,  to  Thee ; 

And  in  Thy  presence  I  would  spend 
A  long  eternity. 


201.  THANKS    FOR   PROTECTION.  L.  M 

MY  God,  how  endless  is  Thy  love  ! 
Thy  gifts  are  ev'ry  evening  new; 
And  morning  mercies  from  above, 
Gently  distil,  like  early  dew. 

Thou  spread'st  the  curtains  of  the  night. 
Great  guardian  of  my  sleeping  hours  I 

Thy  sovereign  word  restores  the  light. 
And  quickens  all  my  drowsy  powers. 

I  yield  my  powers  to  Thy  command; 

To  Thee  I  consecrate  my  days ; 
Perpetual  blessings  from  Thy  hand 

Demand  perpetual  songs  of  praise. 


202.  MORNING  HYMN  TO  CHRIST,  Ts. 

NOW  the  dreary  night  is  done. 
Comes  again  the  glorious  sun, 
Crimson  clouds,   and  silver  white, 
Wait  upon  his  breaking  light. 

Saviour,  to  Thy  cottage  home 
Once  the  daylight  used  to  come, 
Thou  hast  ofttimes  seen  it  break 
Brightly  o'er  that  eastern  lake. 


MORNING    HYMNS.  281 

Child  of  Mary,  Thou  dost  know, 
What  of  danger,  joy,   or  woe, 
Shall  to-day  my  portion  be. 
Let  me  meet  it  all  in  Thee. 

Thou  wast  meek  and  undefil'd, 
Make  me  holy  too,  and  mild ; 
Thou  didst  foil  the  tempter's  power, 
Help  me  in  temptation's  hour. 

With  Thee,  Lord,  I  would  arise, 
To  Thee  turn  imploring  eyes, 
All  th'8  day  be  at  my  side : 
Thou    uy  Sayioor  and  my  Quidt. 


NATIONAL    HTMNS. 


NATIONAL  HYMNS. 


203.  A  NATIONAL  LITANY  HYMN.  7ft 

GOD,  most  mighty,  sovereign  Lord, 
By  the  heavenly  hosts  adored; 
God  of  nations.   King  of  Kings, 
Head  of  all  created  things: 
By  thy  saints  with  joy  confessed, 
God  o'er  all  forever  bles.^ed : 
Lo!  we  come  before  Tliy  throne 
In  our  Saviour's  name  alone. 

Thee,  0  Christ,  we  worship,  bless, 
Head  of  all  Thy  Church  confess ; 
Hear  the  praises,  and  the  plaints, 
Of  Thy  needy,   sighing  saints. 
Let  Thy  blood  our  ransom  be; 
Save  us  as  we  trust  in  Thee. 
Pleading  at  Thy  throne  we  stand. 
Save  Thy  people,  bless  our  Land. 

By  Thyself,  the  Source  of  grace; 
By  Thy  Headship  of  our  race; 
By  Thy  coming  from  the  skies; 
By  Thine  awful  Sacrifice ! 
By  Thy  reign  o'er  all  on  earth. 
For  its  new,  and  second  biriJa: 
In  Thy  merits  let  us  stand,  , 

Save,  0  Lord,  and  bless  ou;    tand. 


NATIONAL     HYMNS.  283 

From  all  public  sin  and  shame ; 
From  ambition's  grasping  aim  , 
From  the  pride  that  brings  a  fall,  — 
Sins  of  sense  whose  dregs  are  gall: 
From  the  love  of  vanity; 
From  forgetfulness  of  Thee: 
From  the  judgments  of  Thy  hand, 
Spare  Thy  people,  spare  our  Land 

From  rebellion,  war,  and  death ; 
From  the  pestilential  breath : 
From  dread  famine's  awful  stroke; 
From  oppression's  galling  yoke ; 
From  the  earthquake's  stunning  blow  j 
From  all  public  fear  and  woe; 
Spare  us,  spare  us,  Lord  most  high, 
Hear  Thy  people's  humble  cry. 

On  our  fields  of  grass  and  grain. 
Drop,  0  Lord,  the  kindly  rain ; 
O'er  our  wide  and  goodly  land, 
Crown  the  labors  of  each  baud : 
Let  thy  kind  protection  be 
O'er  our  commerce  on  the  sea : 
Open,  Lord,  Thy  bounteous  hand. 
Bless  Thy  people,  bless  our  Land. 

Let,  0  Lord,  our  Rulers  be 
Men  that  love  and  honor  Thee ; 
Let  the  powers  by  Thee  ordained. 
Be  in  righteousness  maintained: 
In  the  people's  hearts  increase 
Love  of  piety  and  peace : 
Thus,  united  we  shall  stand, 
One  wide,  free,  and  happy  Land. 


284  NATIONAL     HYMNb. 

God,  the  Father,  let  Thy  love 
Shine  upon  us  from  above; 
God,   the  Son,   our  Saviour,  plead, 
With  Thy  Blood  for  all  we  need: 
God,  the  Holy  Ghost,  impart, 
Healing  povs^er  to  every  heart: 
Triune  God! — 0  hear  our  plea. 
Save  us  as  we  trust  in  Thee. 


204.  A  NATIONAL  HYMN.  6s  &    U. 

GOD  bless  our  native  land! 
Firm  may  she  ever  stand, 
Through  storm  and  night; 
When  the  wild  tempests  rave, 
Ruler  of  wind  and  wave, 
Do  Thou  our  country  save 
By  Thy  great  might. 

For  her  our  prayers  shall  rise 
To  God  above  the  skies ; 

On  Him  we  wait ; 
Thou  who  hast  heard  each  sigh, 
Watching  each  weeping  eye, 
Be  Thou  forever  nigh  : 

God  save  the  State  I 


205.  OUR  COUNTRY  Gs  &  4fl 

MY  ^country  !  'tis  of  thee 
Sweet  land  of  liberty. 
Of  thee  I  sing: 
Land  where  my  fathers  died, 
Land  of  the  patiiot's  pride, 
From  every  mountain  side 
Let  freedom  ring. 


I 


L 


NATIONAL    HYMNS.  ^5 

My  native  country!  thee 
Land  of  the  noble  free, 

Thy  name  I  love; 
I  love  thy  rocks  and  rills, 
Thy  woods  and  templed  hills, 
My  heart  with  rapture  thrills 

Like  that  above. 

Let  music  swell  the  breeze. 
And  ring  from  all  the  treea 

Sweet  freedom's  song; 
Let  mortal  tongues  awake ; 
Let  all  that  breathe  partake ; 
Let  rocks  their  silence  break. 

The  sound  prolong. 

Our  fathers'  God!  to  Thee, 
Author  of  Liberty ! 

To  Thee  we  sing. 
Long  may  our  land  be  bright 
With  freedom's  holy  light; 
Protect  us  by  Thy  might, 

Great  God,  our  King! 


206.    HUMILTATION"  FOR  NATIONAL  SINS.    C.  M. 

SEE,  gracious  God,  before  Tby  throne, 
Thy  mourning  people  bend  ; 
*T  is  on  Thy  sovereign  grace  alone 
Our  humble  hopes  depend. 

Tremendous  judgments  from  Tby  hand. 

Thy  dreadful  power  display  ; 
Yet  mercy  spares  this  guilty  land, 

And  still  we  live  to  pray. 


286  NATIONAL    HYMNS. 

Oh  !  turn  us,  turn  us,  mighty  Lord, 
By  rich  and  sovereign  grace : 

Then  shall  our  hearts  obey  Thy  word. 
And  humbly  seek  Thy  face. 

Then  should  insulting  foes  invade, 
We  shall  not  sink  in  fear; 

Secure  of  never-failing  aid, 
If  God,  our  God,  is  near. 


207.  PESTILENCE.  C.  M 

DISEASES  are  Thy  servants,  Lord,  — 
They  come  at  Thy  command; 
We'll  not  attempt  a  murmuring  word 
Against  Thy  chast'ning  hand. 

Yet  may  we  plead  -with  humble  cries. 

Remove  the  sharp  rebukes  ; 
Our  strength  consumes,  our  spirit  dies, 

Through  Thy  repeated  strokes. 

In  anger,  Lord,  rebuke  us  not, 
Withdraw  these  dreadful  storms ; 

Nor  let  Thy  fury  grow  so  hot 
Against  poor  feeble  worms. 

0  hear  when  dust  and  ashes  speiik, 

And  pity  all  our  pain; 
0  save  us,  for  Thy  mercy's  sakel 

0  send  us  health  again  1 


TBI  lord's  DAT.        287 


THE  LORD'S  DAY. 


208.  THE  SABBATH  A  DELIGHT.  S     M. 

WELCOME,  sweet  day  of  rest, 
That  saw  the  Lord  arise; 
Welcome  to  this  reviving  breast, 
And  these  rejoicing  eyes. 

The  King  Himself  comes  near. 

And  feasts  His  saints  to-day; 
Here  we  may  sit,  and  see  Him  here, 

And  love  and  praise  and  pray. 

One  day  amidst  the  place 

Where  my  dear  God  hath  been, 

Is  sweeper  than  ten  thousand  day§ 
Of  pleasurable  sin. 

My  willing  soul  would  stay 

In  such  a  frame  as  this, 
And  sit  and  sing  herself  away 

To  everlasting  bliss. 


288  THE    LORD    S    DAT, 

209.  A  SUNDAY  MORNING  HYMN.         L.   M. 

COME,  dearest  Lord,  and  bless  this  day, 
Come,  bear  our  thoughts  from  earth  a^  aj; 
Now  lei  our  noblest  passions  rise 
With  ardor  to  their  native  skies. 

Come,  Holy  Spirit,  all  divine, 
With  rays  of  light  upon  us  shine; 
And  let  our  waiting  souls  be  blessed, 
0«  this  sweet  day  of  sacred  rest. 

Then  when  our  Sabbaths  here  are  o'er, 
And  we  arrive  on  Canaan's  shore. 
With  all  the  ransomed  we  shall  spend 
A  Sabbath  which  shall  never  end. 

210.  SUNDAY  HYMN  OF  PRAISE.  Ts 

SAFELY  through  another  week, 
God  has  brought  us  on  cir  way ; 
Let  us  now  a  blessing  seek, 
Waiting  in  His  courts  to-day; 
Day  of  all  the  week  the  best, 
Emblem  of  eternal  rest! 

While  we  seek  supplies  of  grace 
Through  the  dear  Redeemer's  name. 
Show  Thy  reconciling  grace, 
Take  away  our  sin  and  shame; 
From  our  worldly  cares  set  free, 
May  we  rest  this  day  in  Thee. 


THE     lord's    day.  2^ 

Here  we're  come  Thy  name  to  prai** 
Let  us  feel  Thy  presence  near; 
May  Thy  glory  meet  our  eyes, 
While  we  in  Thy  house  appear; 
Here  aflford  us,  Lord,  a  taste 
Of  our  everlasting  rest. 

May  the  gospel's  joyful  sound 
Conquer  sinners,  comfort  saints; 
Make  the  fruits  of  grace  abound, 
Bring  relief  for  all  complaints ; 
Thus  let  all  our  Sabbaths  prove, 
Till  we  join  the  Church  above. 


211,  THE  ETERNAL  SABBATH.  L.  3J 

THINE  earthly  sabbaths,  Lord,  we  Ioys, 
But  there 's  a  nobler  rest  above ; 
To  that  our  longing  souls  aspire, 
With  cheerful  hope  and  strong  desire. 

No  more  fatigue,  no  more  distress, 
Nor  sin,  nor  hell,  shall  reach  the  place ; 
No  groans  shall  mingle  with  the  songs 
Which  warble  from  immortal  tongues. 

No  rude  alarms  of  raging  foes, 
No  cares  to  break  the  long  repose, 
No  midnight  shade,  no  clouded  sun. 
But  sacred,  high,  eternal  noon. 

0  long-expected  day,  begin, 
Dawn  on  these  realms  of  woe  and  sin ; 
Fain  would  we  leave  this  weary  road. 
And  sleep  in  death,  to  rest  with  God. 
19 


290      OfENING    AND    CLOSING    HYMNS, 


OPENING  AND  CLOSING  HYMNS. 


212,  INVOCATION.  8s  &  7s 

IN  the  name  of  God  the  Father, 
In  the  name  of  God  the  Son, 
And  of  God  the  Holy  Spirit. 
Shall  my  worship  be  begun. 

Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Spirit, 

Blessed  God  for  evermore  ; 
Standing  in  Thy  glorious  presence 

I  will  worship  and  adore. 

Thus  with  joy  my  vows  renewing, 

I,  a  Christian  child,  again 
Offer  prayer  and  praise  through  Jesus, 

Answering  from  the  heart.  Amen. 


213.  OPENING  HYMN.  L.  M, 

THY  presence,  gracious  God,  afford; 
Prepare  us  to  receive  Thy  word ; 
And  let  Thy  voice  engage  our  ear, 
And  faith  be  mixed  with  what  we  hear. 


OPENING    AND    CLOSING    HYMNS.      291 

Distracting  thoughts  and  cares  remove, 
And  fix  our  hearts  and  hopes  above; 
With  food  divine  may  we  be  fed, 
And  satisfied  with  living  bread. 

To  us  Thy  sacred  word  applj', 
With  sovereign  power  and  enerjiy; 
And  may  we  in  true  faith  and  fear, 
Pveduce  to  practice  what  we  hear. 


214.  CLOSING  HYMN.  L.   M. 

DISMISS  us  with  thy  blessing,   Lord, 
Help  us  to  feed  upon  Thy  word  ; 
AH  that  has  been  amiss  forgive. 
And  let  Thy  truth  within  us  live. 

Though  we  are  guilty,   Thou  art  good ; 
Wash  all  our  works  in  Jesus'  blood: 
Give  every  fettered  soul  release, 
And  bid  us  all  depart  in  peace. 


215.  ^s  k  79 

CLOSING  HYMN  OF  PRAYER  AND  PRAISE. 

LOKD,  dismiss  us  with  Thy  blessing. 
Fill  our  hearts  with  joy  and  peace; 
Let  us  each,  Thy  love  possessing, 

Triumph  in  .redeeming  grace ; 
0  refresh  us ! 
Trav'lling  through  this  wilderness. 


292      OPENING    AND    CLOSING    HTMNS. 

Thanks  we  give,  and  adoration, 
For  Thy  gospel's  joyful  sound; 

May  the  fruits  of  Thy  salvation 
In  our  hearts  and  lives  abound; 

May  Thy  presence 

With  us  evermore  be  found  I 


So,  whene'er  the  signal's  given 
Us  from  earth  to  call  away ; 

Borne  on  angels'  wings  to  heav'n, 
Glad  to  leave  our  cumb'rous  clay ; 

May  we  ready 

Rise,  and  reign  in  endless  day  I 


216.         THE  LITTLE  CHILD'S  PRAYER.  7i 


GENTLE  Jesus,  meek  and  mild, 
Look  upon  a  little  child; 
Pity  my  simplicity; 
Suffer  me  to  come  to  Thee. 


Fain  I  would  to  Thee  be  brought; 
Gracious  God,  forbid  it  not ; 
In  the  Kingdom  of  Thy  grace 
Give  a  little  child  a  place. 

O  supply  my  every  want, 
Feed  the  young  and  tender  plant: 
Day  and  night  my  Keeper  be, 
Every  moment  watch  round  me. 


OPENING    AND    CLOSING    HFMNS.       293 
217.  CRADLE  HYMN.  8s  &  7s. 


H' 


I 


USH,  my  dear,  lie  still  and  slumber; 
Holy  angels  guard  thy  bed; 
Heavenly  blessings,  without  number, 
Gently  falling  on  thy  head. 

Sleep,  my  babe ;  thy  food  and  raiment, 
House  and  home,  thy  friends  provide; 

And,  without  thy  care  or  payment, 
All  thy  wants  are  well  supplied. 

How  much  better  thou  'rt  attended 
Than  the  Son  of  God  could  be, 

When  from  heaven  He  descended, 
And  became  a  child  like  thee ! 

Soft  and  easy  is  thy  cradle ; 

Coarse  and  hard  thy  Saviour  lay, 
When  His  birth-place  was  a  stable, 

And  His  softest  bed  was  hay. 

Blessed  Babe!  what  glorious  features! 

Spotless  fair,  divinely  bright! 
Must  He  dwell  with  brutal  creatures  ? 

How  could  angels  bear  the  sight  ? 

Was  there  nothing  but  a  manger 

Cursed  sinners  could  afford, 
To  receive  the  heavenly  Stranger  ?  — 

Did  they  thus  aflFront  the  Lord? 

Soft,  my  child,  I  did  not  chide  thee, 
Though  my  song  might  sound  too  hard: 

'Tis  thy  mother*  sits  beside  thee. 
And  her  arms  shall  be  thy  guard. 

»  Here  you  may  use  the  words,  Brother,  Sister,  Neiglk- 
kor,  etc. 


294      OPENING    AND    CLOSING    HYMNS. 

Yet  to  read  the  shameful  story, 
How  the  Jews  abused  their  King, 

How  they  served  the  Lord  of  glory, 
Makes  me  angry  while  I  sing. 

See  the  kinder  shepherds  round  him, 
Telling  wonders  from  the  sky  ; 

Where  they  sought  Him,  there  they  founij 
Him, 
With  His  virgin  mother  by. 

See  the  lovely  Babe  a-dressing. 

Lovely  infiint,  how  He  smiled! 
When  He  wept,  the  mother's  blessing 

Sooth'd  and  hush'd  the  holy  Child. 

Lo !  He  slumbers  in  the  manger, 
Where  the  horned  oxen  fed!  — 

Peace,  my  darling,  here  's  no  danger, 
There 's  no  ox  a-near  thy  bed. 

*T  was  to  save  thee,  child,  from  dying, 
Save  my  dear  from  burning  flame, 

Bitter  groans  and  endless  crying, 
That  thy  bless'd  Redeemer  cam& 

May'st  thou  live  to  know  and  fear  Him, 
Trust  and  love  Him  all  thy  days; 

Then  go  dwell  forever  near  Him, 
See  His  face,  and  sing  His  praise 

I  could  give  thee  thousand  kisses, 
Hoping  what  I  most  desire; 

Not  a  mother's  fondest  wishes 
Can  to  greater  joys  aspire. 


OOXOLOGIES.  ^5 


DOXOLOGIES, 


1.    L.  M. 

TO  God  the  Father,  God  the  Son, 
And  God  the  Spirit,  Three  in  One, 
Be  honor,  praise,  and  glory  giv'n, 
Bj  all  on  earth,  and  all  in  heaVn. 


2.     L.  M. 

PRAISE  God  from  whom  all  blessings  flow, 
Praise  Him  all  creatures  here  below; 
Praise  Him  above,  ye  heav'nly  host. 
Praise  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 


3.    C.  M 

To  father.  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
The  God  -vrhom  we  adore. 
Be  glory  as  it  was,  is  now, 
And  shall  be  evermore. 


4.    CM. 

LET  God  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 
And  Spirit  be  adored, 
Where  there  are  works  to  make  Him  known. 
Or  saints  to  love  the  Lord, 


296  DOXOLOGIES. 


5.    S.  M. 

'PO  the  eternal  Three, 
-■-    In  will  and  essence  one; 
To  Father,  Son,  and  Spirit  b% 
Co-equal  honors  done. 


6.    S.  M. 

r[.IVE  to  the  Father  praise, 
^  Give  glory  to  the  Son, 
And  to  the  Spirit  of  His  graot 
Be  equal  honor  done. 


SING  we  to  our  God  above. 
Praise  eternal  as  His  love ; 
Praise  Him,  all  ye  heav'nly  hos^ 
Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost 


8.    7s. 

PRAISE  the  name  of  God  most  high. 
Praise  Hirn,  all  below  the  sky, 
Praise  Him  all  ye  heav'nly  host, 
Father,  Sou,  and  Holy  Ghcst; 
As  through  countless  ages  past. 
Evermore  His  praise  shall  last. 


DOXOLOGIES.  297 


9.     8s  &  7s. 

PRAISE  the  Father,  earth,  and  heaven ; 
Praise  the  Son,   the  Spirit  praise; 
As  it  was,  and  is,  be  given 
Glory  through  eternal  days. 

10.     8s,  7s  &  4s. 

GLORY  be  to  God  the  Father, 
Glory  to  the  eternal  Son ; 
Sound  aloud  the  Spirit's  praises ; 
Join  the  elders  round  the  throne; 

Hallelujah, 
Hail  the  glorious  Three  in  One, 


11.     H.  M. 

TO  God  the  Father's  throne, 
Perpetual  honors  raise; 
Glory  to  God  the  Son; 
To  God  the  Spirit  praise: 
With  all  our  pow'rs,   eternal  King, 
Thy  name  we  sing,  while  faith  adores. 


12.    L.  P.  M. 

Now  to  the  great,  and  sacred  Three, 
The  Father,    Son,  and  Spirit,  bo 
Eternal  power  and  glory  giv'n. 
Thro'  all  the  worlds  where  God  is  known. 
By  all  the  angels  near  the  throne, 
And  all  the  saints  in  earth  and  heav'n. 


298  D0X0L0GIE8. 


13.     C.  P.M. 

'■pO  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 

-»-    The  God,  whom  Heaven's  triumphant  i»^«t| 

And  saintiS  on  earth  adore; 
Be  glory  as  in  ages  past, 
And  now  it  is,  and  so  shall  last, 

When  time  shall  be  no  more. 


14.      7s  &  6s. 

PRAISE  be  to  God  the  Father; 
Praise  be  to  God  the  Son; 
And  praise  to  God  the  Spirit, 
The  glorious  Three  in  One: 
With  all  the  hosts  of  heaven, 

We  worship  and  adore. 

Thy  Triune  name  most  holy. 

Now  and  for  evermore. 


15.     6s  &  4s. 

TO  God,  the  Father,  Son, 
And  Spirit,  Three  in  On«^ 
All  praise  be  given ! 
CrcAwn  Him  in  every  song; 
To  Him  our  hearts  belong; 
Let  all  His  praise  prolong. 


CHANTS. 


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RULES   FOR   CHANTII^a. 

The  Chant  is  a  union  of  the  speaking  and  singing 
/oice — an  alliance  between  speech  and  song.  It  has 
n  speaking  and  a  singing  part.  The  first  part,  or  long 
note  of  the  Chant,  is  the  reciting  part;  the  second 
part  is  the  cadence.  Most  of  the  words  are  uttered 
to  the  reciting  note,  while  the  voice  reposes  on  the 
notes  of  the  cadence  in  the  few  last  notes  of  the  sen- 
tence to  be  sung. 

The  reciting  note  does  not  represent  any  definite 
»ength  of  time.  It  only  shows  the  pitch  on  which 
the  words  are  to  be  spoken  ;  and  is  longer  or  shorter 
according  to  the  number  of  words  assigned  to  it.  The 
words  belonging  to  the  reciting  note  are  not  to  be 
sung,  but  spoken,  as  a  good  reader  would  pronounce 
them  —  only  the  same  pitch  must  be  maintained 
throughout.  Any  attempt  to  sing  the  reciting  part 
spoils  the  Chant.  The  cadence  is  sung;  but  even  in 
this  there  should  be  more  of  a  speaking  enunciation 
than  in  common  singing. 

The  words  should  be  chanted  in  a  spirited  manner, 
but  not  too  rapidly.  Life  and  solemnity  belong  to  its 
proper  execution.  The  words  should  be  clearly  enun- 
ciated, so  as  to  be  distinctly  heard.  In  the  reciting 
part,  the  pauses  and  emphasis  which  belong  to  the 
words  must  be  observed,  as  in  good  reading. 

Metrical  Psalms  or  Hymns  may  easily  be  sung  to 
any  Chants,  by  making  a  cadence  at  the  end  of  the 
second  and  fourth  line  of  the  stanza.  The  last  three 
Chants  in  this  book  illustrate  the  manner  in  which 
this  is  done.  In  singing  a  Chant  to  a  metrical 
Hymn,  the  proper  division  of  the  words  naturally 
suggests  itself. 

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OUll  Father  who  art  in  heaven,  Hallowed  |  be 
Thy  I  name. 
Thy  kingdom  come.   Thy  will  be  done  in  |  earth, 
as  it  I  is  in  |  heaven. 

Give  us  this  day  our  |  dai-ly  |  bread. 

And  forgive  us  our  debts,  as  |  we  for-  |  give 
our  I  debtors. 

And  lead  us  not  into  temptation,  but  deliver  |  U8 
from  I  evil. 
For  Thine  is  the  kingdom,  and  the  power,  and 
the  I  glory,  for-  |  ever  and  |  ever.    A-  |  men. 


3. 


PSALM   CXXX. 


OUT  of  the  depths  have  I  cried  unto  [  The«, 
0  I  Lord, 
Lord,  I  hear  =r  |  my  =  |  voice. 

Let  Thine  ears  ]  be  at-  |  tentive 
To  the  voice  |  of  my  |  suppli-  |  cations. 

If  Thou,  Lord,  shouldest  |  mark  in-  |  iquities, 
0  [  Lord,  =•  I  who  shall  j  stand? 


lord's  prayer  chant.   303 

But  there  is  for-  |  giveness  |  with  Thee, 
That  I  Thou  =s=  |  mayest  be  |  feared. 

I  wait  for  the  Lord,  my  |  soul  doth  |  wait. 
And  in  His  |  word  =:  |  do  I  |  hope. 

My  soul  waiteth  for  the  Lord  more  than  they  that 

watch  I  for  the  |  morning : 
I  say  more    than  j  they  that  |  watch  for  the  \ 

morning. 

Let  Israel  hope  in  the  Lord  :  for  with  the  Lord  j 
there  is  |  mercy. 

And  with  j  Him  is  |  plenteous  re-  |  demption. 
And  He  shall  re-  |  deem  =  |  Israel 

From  J  all  =  I  his  in-  |  iquities. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Sou, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost; 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  |  erer 
shall  I  be. 

World  without  |  end.  =  J  A-  =  J  men. 


4.  PSALM  XO. 


LORD,  Thou  hast  been  our  |  dwelling-  |  pla«« 
In  I  all  =  I  gene-  |  rations. 

Before  the  mountains  were  brought  forth,  or  evor 
Thou   hadst  formed  the  earth  |  and   the  | 
world, 
Even  from  everlasting  to  ever-  |  lasting,  I  Thou 
art  I  God. 

Thou  turnest  man  |  to  de-  (  struction ; 
And  sayest,  Re-  \  turn,  ye  |  children  af  j  men. 


304  CHANTS. 

For  a  thousand  years  in  Thy  sight  are  but   u 
yesterday,  when  |  it  is  |  pa«t, 
And  as  a  |  watch  =  |  in  the  |  night. 
Thou  earnest  them  away  as  with  a  flood ;  the^ 
are  |  as  a  |  sleep ; 
In  the  morning  they  are  like  )  grass  which  | 
groweth  |  up. 
I3  the  morning  it  flourisheth  and  |  groweth  }  up  ; 
In  the  evening  it  is  cut  j  down,  and  j  wither-  | 
eth. 

For  we  are  consumed  by  |  Thine  =  |  anger. 

And  by  |  Thy  wrath  |  are  we  [  troubled. 
Thou  hast  set  our  iniquities  be-  |  fore  =  |  Thee, 
Our  secret  sins  in  the  light  |  of  Thy  |  counte-  | 
nance. 
For  all  our  days  are  passed  away  |  in  Thy  | 
wrath  ; 
We  spend  our  years  as  a  |  tale  =  |  that  is  [ 
told. 

The  days  of  our  years  are  three-score  years  and 
ten  ;   and  if  by  reason  of  strength  they  be  | 
four-score  |  years, 
Yet  is  tlieir  strength  labor  and  sorrow,  for  it  ii 
soon  cut  off,  I  and  we  [  fly  a-  j  way. 

Who  knoweth  the  power  of  |  Thine  =  |  anger? 
Even  according  to  Thy  fear,  |  so  is  |  Thy  =  j 
wrath. 
Be  teach  us  to  number  |  our  =  |  days, 

That  we   may  apply  our  |  hearts  =  |  onto  | 
wisdom. 
Keturn,  0  Lord,  |  how  =  j  long? 

And  let  it  repent  Thee   con-  |  ceming  |  Thy 
=c  I  servants. 


lord's  prater  chant.   305 

0  satisfy  us  early  |  with  Thy  |  mercy ; 

That  we  may  rejoice  and  be  |  glad  =  [  all  our 
I  days. 
Make  us  glad  aocording  to  the  days  wherein  Thou 
hast  af-  I  flicted  |  us, 
And  the  years  wherein  |  we  have  |  seen  =  j 
evil. 
l^ct  Thy  work  appear  unto  |  Thy  =  \  servants, 

And  Tuy  |  glory  un-  |  to  their  |  children. 
And  let  the  beauty  of  the  Lord  our  God  j  be  upon 
I  us: 
And  establish  Thou  the  work  of  our  hands  upon 
us;  yea,  the  work  of  our  |  hands  es-  |  tah- 
lish  Thou  I  it. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost; 
As  il  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  \  ever 
shall  I  be, 

World  without  |  end.  =rr  |  A-  =r  j  mtn. 


306 


CHANTS. 


BENEDICTUS 


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BLESSED  be  the  Lord  |  God  of  |  Israel ; 
For   He  hath  visited  j  and  re-  [  deemed 
His  I  people; 
And  hath  raised  up  ahoru  of  sal-  |  vation  |  for  us, 

In  the  house  [  of  His  |  servant  |  David; 
AsHespakeby  the  mouth  of  His  |  holy  (  prophets, 
Which  have  been  |  since  the  |  world  be-  |  gau; 
That  we  should  be  saved  |  from  our  |  enemies, 
And  from  the  |  hand  of  |  all  that  |  hate  us; 
To  perform  the  mercy  promised  |  to  our  |  fathers, 

And  to  remember  |  His  holy  |  cov-e-  j  naut: 
The  oath  |  which  He  |  sware  ' 

To  our  I  father  |  Abra-  J  ham, 
That  He  would  grant  unto  us,  that  we,  being  de 
livered  out  of  the  hand  |  of  our  |  eaemies. 
Might  I  serve  Him  |  without  |  fear, 
lu  holiness  and  righteousness  be-  |  fore  =  |  Him, 

All  the  I  days  =  |  of  our  |  life. 
And  Thou,  Child,  shalt  be  called  the  prophet  {  :f 
the  I  Highest; 
For  thou  shalt  go  before  the  face  of  the  Lord  to 
pre-  I  pare  =  |  His  =  \  ways ; 
To  give  knowledge  of  salvation  |  unto  His  |  people, 
By  the  re-  |  mission  |  of  their  |  sins. 


BEXEDICTUS    CHANT.  307 

Through  the  tender  mercy  |  of  our  I  God ; 
Whereb}'  the  Day-spring  from  oa  |  high  hath  | 

visited  |  us ; 
To  give  light  to  them  that  sit  in  darkness  and  in 
the  '  shadow  of  |  death, 
To  guide  our  feet  |  into  the  |  way  of  ;  peaca 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  t"  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost; 
As  it  was  in  the  begimiing,  is  now,  and  ,  ever 
shall  I  be, 

World  without  |  end.  =  J  A-  =  j  men. 

6.  PSALM  XCV. 

OCOME,  let  us  sing  un-  |  to  the  |  Lord: 
Let  us  make  a  joyful  noise  to  the  |  Rock 
of  1  our  sal-  |  vation. 
Let  us  come  before  His  presence  |  with  thanks-  j 
giving, 
And  make  a  joyful  noise  |  unto  |  Him  with  j 
psalms. 
For  the  Lord  is  a  |  great  ==  |  God, 

And  a  great  |  King  a-  |  bove  all  |  gods. 
In  His  hand  are  the  deep  places  |  of  the  j  earth: 

The  strength  of  the  |  hills  is  |  His  =  j  also. 
The  sea  is  His,  |  and  He  |  made  it: 

And  His  hands  |  formed  the  |  dry  =  |  land. 
0  come  let  us  worship  |  and  bow  |  down  : 

Let  us  kneel  be-  |  fore  the  |  Lord  our  j  Maker. 
For  He  |  is  our  j  God ; 

And  we  are  the  people  of  His  pasture,  [  and 
the  1  sheep  of  His  |  hand. 
To-day  if  ye  will  hear  His  voice,  harden  |  not 
your  1  hearts 
As  in  the  provocation,  and  as  the  day  of  temp- 
tation I  in  the  |  wilder-  J  ness : 


308  CHANT?. 

When  your  fathers  |  tempted  |  rae, 

Proved  |  me,  and  |  saw  my  |  work. 
Forty  years  long  was  I  grieved  with  this  gen^*  | 
ratiou,  and  |  said, 
It  is  a  people  that  do  err  in  their  heart,  and 
they  I  have  not  '  known  my  |  ways. 
Unto  whom  1  sware  |  in  my  |  wrath, 

That  they  should  not  |  enter  in-  |  to  my  |  resC 

Ulory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  {  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost; 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  ]  ever 
shall  I  1-e, 

World  without  |  end.  =  |  A-  =  |  men. 

7,  PSALM  XCVIII. 

OSING  unto  the  Lord  a  |  new  =  |  song; 
For   He  hath   j   done  =  J  marvellous  j 
things : 
His  right  hand  and  His  |  holy  |  arm, 
Hath  I  gotten  |  Him  the  |  victory: 
The  Lord  hath  made  known  |  His  sal-  |  vation: 
His  righteousne>*s  hath  He  openly  showed  in 
the  I  sight  =  I  of  the  |  heathen. 
He  hath  remembered  His  mercy  and  His  truth 
tow  ird  the  |  house  of  |  Israel : 
All  the  ends  of  the  earth  have  seen  the  sal-  | 
vation  |  of  our  |  God. 
Wake  a  joyful  noise  unto  the  Lord,  |  all  the  j 
earth : 
Make   a   loud   noise    and  re-  |  joice  =  |  and 
sing  I  praise. 
Bing  unto  the  Lord  |  with  the  |  harp; 

With  the  harp,  and  the  |  voice  =  j  of  a  |  f     ^n 


BENEDICTUS    CHANT.  309 

Witb  trumpets  and  |  sound  of  |  cornet 

Make  a  joyful  noise  be-  |  fore  the  |  Lord,  the  | 
King. 
Let  the  sea  rojir,  and  the  |  fulness  there-  |  of: 

The  world,  and  |  they  that  |  dwell  there-  |  in. 
Let  the  floods  clap  their  hands  :  let  the  hills  b« 
joyful  together  be-  |  fore  the  |  Lord  ; 

For  He  |  cometh  to  |  judge  the  (  earth. 
With  righteousness  shall  He  |  judge  the  |  world. 

And  the  |  people  |  with  =  |  equity. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost; 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  j  ever 
shall  I  be, 

World  without  |  end.  =  |  A-  =:  |  men. 

8.  PSALM  xxnL 

THE  Lord  |  is  my  |  Shepherd, 
I  I  shall  =  I  not  =  |  want. 
He  maketh  me  to  lie  down  in  |  green  =  |  psks* 
tures : 
He  leadeth  me  be-  |  side  the  |  still  =  j  waters. 
He  re-  |  storeth  my  j  soul: 

He  leadeth  me  in  the  paths  of  righteousness  | 
for  His  I  name's  =  |  sake. 
Yea,   though  I  walk  through  the  valley  of  tba 
shadow  of  death,  I  will  |  fear  no  |  evil  ; 
For  Thou  art  with  me;   Thy  rod  and  Thy  | 
btaff  they  |  comfort  |  me. 
Thou  preparest   a  table  before  me  in  the  pre- 
sence I  of  miue  |  enemies: 
Thou  anoiutest  my  head  with  )  oil ;  my  |  cup 
runneth  j  over. 


310  CHANTS. 

Surely  goodness  and  mercy  shall  follow  me  all 
the  I  days  of  my  |  life: 
And  I  will  dwell  in  the  house  |  of  the  \  Lord 
for-  I  ever. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  ]  Holy  |  Ghost; 
A  i  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  [  eyel 
shall  I  be, 

World  without  |  end.  =  |  A-  :=  |  men. 

9.  PSALM  XLVn. 

OCLAP  your  hands,  |  all  ye  |  people ; 
Shout  unto  I  God  with  the  |  voice  of  |  trt 
umph. 
For  the  Lord  Most  ]  High  is  |  terrible ; 

He  is  a  great  |  King  over  |  all  the  |  earth. 
He  shall  subdue  the  people  ]  under  |  us. 

And  the  |  nations  |  under  our  |  feet. 
He  shall  choose  our  in-  |  heri-  |  tance  |  for  us. 

The  excellency  of  |  Jacob  |  whom  He  |  loved. 
God  is  gone  |  up  with  a  |  shout, 

The  Lord  with  the  |  sound  =  |  of  a  |  trumpet 
Sing  praises  to  |  God,  sing  |  praises : 

Sing  praises  |  unto  our  (  King,  sing  |  praises. 
For  God  is  the  King  of  |  all  the  |  earth : 

Sing  ye  |  praises  with  |  under-  |  standing. 
God  reigneth  |  over  the  [  heathen: 

God  sitteth  upon  the  |  throne  =  |  of  his  |  holi- 
ness. 
The  princes  of  the  people  are  |  gathered  to-  |  ge- 
ther. 
Even  the  people  of  the  [  God  of  |  A-bva-  |  ham: 
For  the  shields  of  the  earth  belong  |  unto  |  God 
He  is  I  great-  =  ]  ly  ex-  |  alted. 


BENE  D  ICTUS    CHANT.  311 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost, 
As  it  was  in  the  begiuniug,  is  now,  and  j  e?er 
shall  I  be, 

World  without  |  end.  =  J  A-  =  j  men. 

10.  PSALM  XCVl. 

OSING  unto  the  Lord  a  |  new  =  |  song: 
J     Sing  unto  the  j  Lord,  =  |  all  the  |  earth. 
Sing  unto  the  Lord,  |  bless  His  j  name  ; 

Show  forth  His  sal-  |  vationfrom  |  dayto  |  day. 
Declare  His  glory  a-  |  mong  the  |  heathen, 

His  wonders  a-  J  mong  :=  |  all  =  |  people. 
For    the    Lord   is    great,    and   greatly    to    be  | 
prais-  =  I  ed  : 
He  is  to  be  |  feared  |  above  all  |  gods. 
For  the  gods  of  the  nations  |  are  =  |  idols: 

But  the  I  Lord  =  |  made  the  |  heavens. 
Honor  and  majesty  are  be-  |  fore  =  •  Him: 

Strength  and  beauty  are  |  in  His  |  sanctu-  |  ary. 
Give  unto  the  Lord,   0  ye  kindreds  j  of  the  | 
people, 
Give  unto  the  |  Lord  r^  |  glory  and  |  strength. 
Give  unto  the  Lord  the  glory  due  un-  J  to  His  | 
name: 
Bring  an  oflFering  and  |  come  in-  |  to  His  j  courts. 
(J   worship  the  Lord  in  the  beauty  of  j  holi-  j 
ness  : 
Fear  De-  |  fore  Him  j  all  the  |  earth. 
Say  among  the  heathen  that  the   j   Lord  =  j 
reigneth : 
The  world  also  shall  be  established  that  it  shall 
not  be  moved  :  He  shall  judge  the  j  people  | 
righteous-  (  ly. 


S12  CHANTS. 

Let  the  hearens  rejoice,  and  let  the  |  earth  be  | 
glad; 
Let  the  sea  j  roar  and  |  the  fulness  there-  |  ot 
Let  the  field  be  joyful,  and  all  that  |  is  there-  | 
in : 
Then  shall  all  the  trees  of  the  wood  re-  j  joic« 
be-  I  fore  the  |  Lord : 
For  He  cometh,  for  He  cometh  to  |  judge  the  | 
earth : 
He  shall  judge  the  world  with  righteousness, 
and  the  |  people  |  with  His  J  truth. 

a  lory  be  to  the  Father,  j  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost; 
A-s  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  |  ever 
shall  I  be. 

World  without  \  end.  =   |  A-  :=  |  men. 


LI,  PSALM  CXXII. 

I  WAS  glad  when  they  said  |  unto  |  me. 
Let  us  go  into  the  |  house  =  j  of  the  J  Lord. 
Oar  feet  shall  stand  with-  |  in  thy  |  gates, 

O  Je-  j  ru-  =  j  sa-  =  |  lem. 
Jerusalem  is  builded  |  as  a  |  city 

That  I  is  com-  |  pact  to-  |  gether: 
Whither  the  tribes  go  up,  the  tribes  |  of  the  ' 
Lord, 
Unto  the  testimony  of  Israel,  to  give  thanks  | 
unto  the  j  name  of  the  |  Lord. 
For  there  are  set  |  thrones  of  |  judgment, 
The  I  thrones  of  the  |  house  of  |  David, 
Pray  for  the  peace  |  of  Je-  |  rusalem : 
They  shall  |  prosper  that  j  love  =-  j  TheOu 


BENEDICTUS    CHANT.  313 

Peace  be  with-  |  in  thy  |  walls, 

And  prosperity  with-  |  in  thy  |  pala-  [  ces. 
For  my  brethren  and  com-  |  panions'  |  sakes, 

I  will  now  say,  |  Peace  be  with-  |  in  =  |  thee. 
Because  of  the  house  of  the  |  Lord  our  |  God 

I  will  I  seek  =z  |  thy  =  |  good. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost, 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,   is  now,  and  |  ever 
shall  I  be. 

World  without  [  end.  =  |  A-  =  |  men. 

1  2.  ISAIAH   IX.  6,  7. 

UNTO  us  a  I  child  is  |  born, 
Unto  I  us  a  I  Son  is  |  given : 
And  the   government  shall  be  up-  |  on  His  [ 
shoulder  : 
And  His  name  shall  be  called  Wonderful,  Coun- 
sel- I  lor,   the  I  Mighty  |  God, 
The  ever-  |  lasting  j  Father, 

The  I  Prince  =  |  of  =r  |  Peace. 
Of  the  increase   of  His   government  and  peace 
there  shall  |  be  no  |  end. 
Upon  the  throne  of  David,  and  upon  His  |  king- 
dom, to  I  order  |  it, 
And  to  establish  it  with  judgment  |  and  with  | 
justice 
From  henceforth  even  for-  |  ever.  |  Amen. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost; 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  |  ever 
shall  I  be. 

World  without  1  end.  =  I  A-  -=r  I  men 


314  CHANTS. 

13,  ISAIAH  XXXV. 

'PHE    wilderness   and   the   solitary  place  shall 
-*-  be  I  glad  for  |  them ; 

And  the  desert  shall  rejoice,  and  [  blossom  |  as 
the  I  rose. 
It  shall  blossom  a-  |  bundant-  |  ly, 

And  rejoice,  even  with  |  joy  =  |  and  =  |  sing^ 
ing. 
The  glory  of  Lebanon  shall  be  |  given  unto  j  it, 

The  excellency  of  |  Carmel  |  and  =  |  Sharon: 
TUey  shall  see  the  glory  |  of  the  |  Lord, 

And  the  excel-  j  lency  ]  of  our  j  God. 
Then  the  eyes  of  the  blind  |  shall  be  |  opened, 

'And   the    ears   of  the  |  deaf   shall  j  be  un-  j 
stopped. 
Then  shall  the  lame  man  leap  |  as  an  |  hart, 

And  the  tongue  |  of  the  |  dumb  =  |  sing: 
For  in  the  wilderness  shall  j  waters  break  j  out, 

And  I  streams  =  \  in  the  |  desert. 
And  the  ransomed  of  the  Lord  |  shall  re-  |  turn, 

And  come  to  Zion  with  songs  and  everlasting  | 
joy  up-  I  on  their  |  heads  : 
Tliey  shall  obtain  |  joy  and  |  gladness, 

And  sorrow  and  |  sighing  shall  J  flee  a-  |  way. 

Gloi-y  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  1  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost; 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  |  e?ei 
shall  I  be, 

World  without  j  end.  =  |  A-  =:  )  men. 


MAGNIFICAT    CHANT, 


315 


14. 


MAGNIFICAT. 


MV  soul  doth  magni-  |  fy  the  |  Lord, 
And  my  spirit  hath  re-  |  joiced  in  |  God 
my  I  Saviour. 
For  He  |  hath  re-  |  garded 

The  low  e-  |  state  of  |  His  hand-  |  maiden. 
For  behold,  ]  from  hence-  |  forth 

All  gene-  |  rations  shall  |  call  me  |  blessed. 
For  He  |  that  is  |  mighty, 

Hath  done  to  me  great  things;  and  |  holy  |  if 
His  I  name. 
And  His  mercy  is  on  them  |  that  fear  |  Him, 

From  gene-  |  ration  |  to  gene-  |  ration. 
He  hath  shewed  strength  |  with  His  |  arm  : 
ile  hath  scattered  the  proud  in  the  imagi-  | 
nation  |  of  their  |  hearts: 
He  hath  put  down  the  mighty  |  from  their  |  seata, 

And  exalted  |  them  of  |  low  =.  |  degree. 
He  hath  filled  the  hungry    |  with  good  |  things. 
And  the  rich  He  |  hath  sent  |  empty  a-  |  way. 
He  hath  holpen  His  |  servant  |  Israel, 

In  re-  |  membrance  |  of  His  |  mercy. 
As  He  spake  |  to  our  |  fathers, 

To  Abraham,  and  |  his  =  j   seed  for-  I  ever. 


316  CHANTS. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  j  Ghost; 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  j  ever 
shall  I  be. 

World  without  |  end.  =  |  A-  =  j  men. 


15,  PSALM  C. 

MAKE  a  joyful  noise  unto  .the  Lord,  |  all  ye  | 
lands. 
Serve  the  Lord  with  gladness :  come  be-  |  fore 

Ilis  I  presence  with  j  singing. 
Know  ye  that  the  Lord  |  He  is  |  God: 

It  is  He   that  hath  made  us,  |  and  not  j  w« 
our-  I  selves; 
We  I  are  His  |  people, 

And  the  j  sheep  =  |  of  His  |  pasture. 
Enter  into  His  gates  |  with  thanks-  |  giving, 
And  I  into  His  |  courts  with  |  praise : 

Be  thankful  |  unto  |  Him, 

And  I  bless  =  |  His  =  |  name. 

For  the  Lord  is  good;  His  mercy  is    \  eveir-  j 
lasting, 
And  His  truth  endureth  to  |  all  =  j  gene-  | 
rations. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost; 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  (  evef 
shall  I  be. 

World  without  |  end.  =  |  A-  =  |  men. 


MAGNIFICAT     C&A>:. 


317 


X6,  PSALM  CL. 


( 


PRAISE  ye  the  Lord.     Praise  God  |  in  His  | 
sauctuarj: 
Praise  Him  in  the  |  firmament  |  of  His  '  power, 
"^raise  Him  for  His  |  mighty  |  acts: 

Praise   Him    according  |  to    His  |  ex-cellent  j 
greatness. 
I'raise  Him  with  the  I  sound  of  the  j  trumpet: 
Praise  Him  |  with  the  |  psaltery  and  1  harp. 
Praise  Him  with  the  |  timbrel  and  |  dance: 
Praise  Him  |  with  stringed  |  instruments  and  | 
organs. 
Praise  Him  upon  the  |  loud  =  |  cymbals: 
Praise    Him    up-  |  on    the  [  high-sounding  | 
cymbals. 
Let  everything  (  that  hath  |  breath 

Praise  the  |  Lord.     Praise  |  ye  the  |  Lord. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost; 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  |  ever 
shall  I  be, 

World  without  |  end.  =  j  A-  =  |  men. 

17,  PSALM  XCIL 

IT  is  a  good  thing  to  give  thanks  un-  J  to  the  | 
Lord, 
And  to  sing  praises  unto  Thy  |  name,  =  j  0 
Most  I  High. 
^0   show  forth   Thy  loving  kindness  |  in   the  | 
morning. 
And  Thy  [  faithful-  [  ness  every  |  night. 


E18  CHANTS. 

Upon  an  Instrument  of  ten  strings,  and  up-  |  on 
the  I  psaltery ; 
Upon  the  harp  |  with  a  j  solemn  |  sound. 
For  Thou,  Lord,  hast  made  me  glad  |  through 
Thy  I  work. 
I  will    triumph  in    the  |  works  of  |  Thy  s=  j 
hands. 
0  Lord,  how  great  |  are  Thy  ]  works ! 

And  Thy  |  thoughts  are  |  very  |  deep. 
A  brutish  man  |  knoweth  |  not; 

Neither  doth  a  |  fool  =  j  under-  |  stand  this. 
When  the  wicked  spring  as  the  grass,  and  when 
all  the  workers  of  iniquity  do  |  flour- :=  |  ish, 
It  is  that  they  shall  be  destroyed  forever:  But 
Thou,  Lord,  art  most  ]  high  for  |  ever-  |  more. 
For  lo.   Thine  enemies,    0  Lord,   for  lo,    Thine 
enemies  shall  |  per-  =r  |  ish ; 
All    the    workers    of    iniquity  |  shall  =  |  be 
gcat-  I  tered. 
The  righteous  shall  flourish  like  the  [  palm-  =:  | 
tree: 
He  shall  grow  like  a  |  cedar  in  |  Leba-  |  non. 
Those  that  be  planted  in  the  |  house  of  the  j 
Lord 
Shall  flourish  in  the  ]  courts  =  |  of  our  \  G^i, 
They  shall  still  bring  fruit  in  |  old  =  J  age  ; 

They  shall  be  |  fat  and  (  flourish-  |  ing. 
To  show  that  the  Lord  is  |  up-  =  |  right: 

lie  is  my  rock,  and  there  is  no  un-  |  righteous-  | 
ness  in  |  Him. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  j  Ghost ; 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  |  CTer 
shall  I  be. 

World  without  I  end.  =  I  A-  =  I  men. 


I 


MAQNinCAT    CHANT.  319 


18,  PSALM  CXI. 

PRAISE  I  ye  the  |  Lord. 
I  will  praise  the  Lord  |  with  my  |  whole  :as  | 
heart, 

In  the  assembly  |  of  the  |  upright, 

And  I  in  the  |  congre-  |  gation. 
The  works  of  the  |  Lord  are  |  great, 

Sought  out  of  all  them  |  that  have  [  pleasure 
there-  |  in. 

His  work  is  honorable  and  |  glori-  |  ou3 ; 

And  His  righteousness  en-  |  du-  =  ]  reth  for-  | 
ever. 

He  hath  made  His  wonderful  works  to  |  be  re-  j 
membered: 
The  Lord  is  gracious,  and  |  full  =  |  of  com-  | 
passion. 

He  hath  given  meat  unto  them  |  that  fear  |  Hira: 

He  will  ever  be  mindful  |  of  His  |  cove-  |  nant. 

He  hath  showed  His  people  the  power  |  of  His  | 

works, 

That  He  may  give  them  the   I  heritage  ]  of  lie 

I  heathen. 

The  works  of  the  Lord  are  verity  |  ami  judg-  j 
ment: 

All  His  com-  ]  mand-  =  |  ments  are  |  sure. 
They  stand  fast  for  |  ever  and  |  ever. 

And  are  done  in  |  truth  and  ]  upright-  |  neee. 

He  sent  redemption  (  unto  His  |  people ; 

He  hath  commanded   His  covenant  for  ever: 
holy  and  |  reverend  |  is  His  |  name. 


The  fear  of  tbe  Lord  is  the  be-  |  ginning  of  \ 

wisdom: 
A  good  understanding  have  all  tkey  that  do  Hia 
commandments:     His  |  praise    en-  |  dareth 
for  I  ever. 

Olory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  J  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost; 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  |  e7ei 
shall  I  be, 

World  without  |  end.  =  |  A-  =  |  men. 


19,  PSALM  cxxxn. 

ARISE.  0  Lord,  in-  |  to  Thy  |  rest; 
Thou,  and  the  |  ark  of  |  Thy  =  |  strength 

Let  Thy  priests  be  clothed  with  |  righteoas-  | 
ness : 
And  let  Thy  |  saints  =  |  shout  for  |  joy. 

For  the  Lord  hath  |  chosen  |  Zion ; 

He  hath  desired  it  |  for  His  |  babi-  |  tatlon. 
This  is  my  |  rest  for  |  ever: 

Here  will  1  dwell ;  for  |  I  =:  |  have  de-  |  sirei 
it. 

I  will  abundantly  bless  |  her  pro-  |  vision: 
I  will  satisfy  lier  |  poor  =  |  with  =  |  bread. 

I  will  also  clothe  her  priests  |  with  sal    ]  vation , 
And  her  saints  shall  j  shout  a-  |  loud  for  |  joy 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost; 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,   is  now,  and  |  3ver 
shall  I  be. 

World  without  !  end.  z=  I  A-  =  I  men. 


MAGXIFICAT    CHANT.  321 


20.  PSALM   CXLVI. 

HAPPY  is  he  that  hath  the  God  of  Jacob  |  for 
his  I  help. 
Whose  hope  is  |  in  the  |  Lord,  his  |  God. 
Which  made  heaven  and  earth,  the  sea,  and  all 
that  I  therein  |  is  ; 
Which  I  keepeth  |  truth  for  |  ever; 
Which  executeth  judgment  |  for  the  |  oppressed; 

Which  giveth  |  food  ^=  |  to  the  |  hungry. 
The  Lord  |  looseth  the  j  prisoners : 

The    Lord    openeth    the  |  eyes  =  J  of    the  j 
blind: 
The  Lord  raiseth  them  that  are  |  bowed  ]  down, 

The  Lord  |  lov-  =  |  eth  the  |  righteous. 
The  Lord  preserveth  the  strangers  ;  He  relieyeth 
the  I  fatherless  and  (  widow : 
But  the  way  of  the  wicked  He  |  turneth  [  up- 
side I  down. 
The  Lord  shall  reign  forever,  even  thy  God,  0 
Ziou,  unto  I  all  gene-  |  rations. 
Praise  |  ye  =  |  the  =  j  Lord. 

O'ory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  1  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost ; 
As  it  was  in  the  beginniag,  is  now,  and  \  ever 
shall  (  be, 

World  without  |  end,  =  j  A-  ^=  |  mea. 


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WE  prftise  [  Thee,  0  ]  God; 
We  acknowledge  |  Thee  to  [  be  the  |  Lord. 
All  the  earth  doth  |  worship  |  Thee, 

The  I  Father  (  ever-  |  lasting. 
To  Thee  all  Angels  |  cry  a-  |  loud: 

The  heavens  and  |  all  the  |  powers  there-  |  in, 
To  Thee  Cherubim  and  ■  Seraph-  j  im 

Con-  I  tinual-  |  ly  do  j  cry : 
Holy,  Holy,  Holy,  Lord  \  God  of  |  Sabaoth, 
Heaven  and  earth  are  full  of  the  |  majestj  | 
of  Thy  I  glory. 
The  glorious  company  of  the  Apostles  [  praise 
=  I  Thee: 
The  goodly  fellowship  of  the  [  Prophets  ]  praia© 
=  1  Thee: 


TE     DEUM     CHANT.  323 

The  noble  army  of  Martyrs  |  praise  =  |  Thee : 
The  Holy  Church  throughout  the  world  |  doth 
ac-  I  knowledge  |  Thee, 

The  I  Fa-  =  I  ther, 

Of  an  I  infinite  |  Majes-  |  ty; 

Thine  adorable,  true,  and  |  only  |  Son: 
Also,  the  I  Holy  |  Ghost,  the  |  Comforter. 

II. 

THOU  art  the  King  of  Glory,  |  0  =  |  Christ : 
Thou  art  the  everlasting  j  Son  =  |  of  the  j 
Father. 
When  Thou  tookest  upon  Thee  to  de-  J  liver  | 
man. 
Thou  didst  humble  Thyself  to  be  1  lorn  =  [ 
of  a  I  Virgin. 
When  Thou  hadst  overcome  the  |  sharpness  of 
death, 
Thou  vtldst  open  the  kingdom  of  |  heaven  to  j 
all  b-j-  I  lievers. 
Thou  sit.test  at  the  right  |  hand  of  j  God, 

In  the  I  glory  |  of  the  |  Father, 
We  believe  that  Thou  shalt  come  to  |  be  our  | 
Judge : 
We  therefore  pray  Thee,  help  Thy  servants, 
whom  Thou  hast  redeemed  |  with  Thy  |  pre- 
cious I  blood. 
Make  them  to  be  numbered  |  with  Thy  |  saints, 
In  J  glory  }  ever-  |  lasting. 

III. 

OLORD,  I  save  Thy  |  people, 
And  I  bless  =  |  Thy  =  |  heritage. 
Gov-  I  em  =  |  them, 
And  j  lift  them  [  up  for-  |  ever. 


S24  CHANTS. 

Day  by  day  we  |  magnify  |  Thee : 

And   -we   worship    Thy   name    ever,    |  world 
with-  j  out  =  I  end. 
Vouch-  I  safe,  0  |  Lord, 

To  keep  us  this  |  day  with-  |  out  =  |  sin. 
0  Lord,  have  |  mercy  up-  |  on  us. 

Have  I  mer-  =  |  cy  up-  |  on  us. 
0  Lord,  let  Thy  mercy  |  be  up-  |  on  us, 

As  our  I  tru:^t  is  J  in  =-=  |  Thee. 
0  Lord,  in  Thee  (  have  I  (  trusted, 

Let  me  |  never  |  be  con-  |  founded. 

22.  PSALM   CXLIX. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord.     Sing  unto  the  Lord  &  j 
new  =  I  song. 
And  His  praise  in  the  congre-  |  gation  |  of 
the  I  saints. 
Let  Israel  rejoice  in  ]  Him  that  |  made  him: 
Let  the  children  of  Zion  be  |  joyful  J  in  their  | 
King. 
Let  them  praise  His  name  |  in  the  |  dance  : 
Let  them  sing  praises  unto  Him  J  with  the  ( 
timbrel  a:id  |  harp. 
For  the  Lord  taketh  pleasure  )  in  His  |  people ; 
He  will  beautify  the  |  meek  =  |  with  sal-  | 
vation. 
Let  the  saints  be  |  joyful  in  |  glory: 

Let  them  sing  a-  |  loud  up-  |  on  their  |  beds. 
Let  the  high  praises  of  God  be  |  in  their  j  mouth, 
And  a  two-edged  j  sword  =  |  in  their  j  hand ; 
Te   execute  vengeance   upon   the  heathen,    anj 
punishment  up-  |  on  the  |  people: 
To  bind  their  kings  with  chains,  and  their  j 
nobles  with  J  fetters  of  |  iron. 


TE     DEUM     CHANT.  32j 

To  execute  upon  them  the  |  judgment  |  written : 
This  honor  have  all  His  saints.     J  Praise  =  |  y» 
the  I  Lord. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost; 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  j  eroi 
shall  I  be, 

World  without  j  end.  =  J  A-  =  J  men. 

23.  PSALM  CXLVIII. 

P  RAISE  I  ye  the  |  Lord. 

Praise  ye  the  Lord  from  the  heavens ;  | 
Praise  Him  |  in  the  |  heights. 
Praise  ye  Him,  |  all  His  |  angels : 

Praise  |  ye  Him,  |  all  His  |  hosts, 
Praise  ye  Him,  |  sun  and  |  moon: 

Praise  Him,  |  ail  ye  |  stars  of  |  light. 
Praise  Him,  ye  |  heavens  of  |  heavens. 

And  ye  waters  that  be  a-  j  bove  =  j  the  =  | 
heavens, 
Let  them  praise  the  |  name  of  the  |  Lord  : 
For  He  commanded  J  and  they  j  were  ere-  I 
ated. 
Re  also  established  them  for-  |  ever  and  |  ever: 
He  hath  made  a  decree  |  which  shall  j  not  =  | 

pass. 
Praise  the  Lord  from  the  earth,  ye  dragons,  j 
and  all  |  deeps: 
Fire  and  hail;  snow  and  vapor;  stormy  |  wifli, 
ful-  I  filling  His  |  word. 
Mountains,  |  and  all  |  hills ; 

Fruitful  1  trees  =  I  and  all  I  cedars. 


326  CHANTS. 

Beasts  [  and  all  |  cattle ; 

Creeping  |  things  and  |  flying  j  fowl: 
Kings  of  the  earth,  |  and  all  |  people; 

Princes,  and  all  j  judges  |  of  the  |  earth : 
Both  young  men  and  maidens;  |  old  men  and  ] 
children : 

Let  them  praise  the  j  name  =  |  of  the  ]  Lori 
For  His  name  a-  |  lone  is  |  excellent; 

His  glory  is  a-  |  bove  the  |  earth  and  |  heaven. 
He  also  exalteth  the  horn  |  of  His  |  people: 

The  I  praise  of  [  all  His  |  saints  : 
Even  of  the  |  children  of  |  Israel ; 

A  people  near  unto  Him.  [  Praise  =  |  ye  the  | 
Lord. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost: 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  |  ever 
shall  I  be, 

World  without  |  end.  =  |  A-  =  |  men. 

24.  PSALM  cin. 

I. 

BLESS  the  Lord,  |  0  my  |  soul: 
And   all  that  is  within  me,  |  bless   His  | 
holy  I  name. 
Bless  the  Lord,  |  0  my  |  soul. 

And  for-  |  get  not  \  all  His  1  benefits. 
Who  forgiveth  all  |  thine  in-  |  iquities; 

Who  healeth  |  all  =  |  Thy  dis-  |  eases. 
Who  redeemeth  thy  life  )  from  de-  |  struction  ; 
Who    crowneth    thee   with    loving-  |  kindnesi 
and  1  tender  1  mercies. 


TE     DEUM     CHANT.  327 

Who  satisfieth  thy  mouth  |  with  good  |  things ; 
So  that  thy  youth  is  re-  |  newed  |  like  the  ) 
eagle's. 
The   Lord   executeth   righteousness   anH  |  judg- 
=  I  raent 
For  I  all  that  |  are  op-  |  pressed. 
He  made  known  His  ways  |  unto  |  Moses, 
His  acts  unto  the  J  children  of  J  Isra-  |  eL 


IL 


The  Lord  is  merciful  and  |  gra-  =  |  cious: 

Slow  to  anger,  and  |  plen-==  |  teousin  |  mercy. 
He  will  not  |  always  |  chide  ; 

Neither  will  He  |  keep  His  |  anger  for-  |  ever. 
He  hath  not  dealt  with  us  |  after  our  |  sins ; 
Nor  rewarded  us  according  |  to  =■  |  our  in-  j 
iquities. 
For  as  the  heaven  is  high  a-  |  bove  the  |  earth, 
So  great  ia  His  mercy  toward  |  them  that  j 
fear  =  |  Him. 
As  far  as  the  east  is  |  from  the  |  west, 

So   far  hath  He  removed  |  our  trans-  |  gre»- 
sions  I  from  us. 

III. 

Like  as  a  father  pitieth  |  his  =  [  children. 
So  theLordpitieth  |  them  that  |  fear=r  |  Him. 

For  He  knoweth  |  our  =  |  frame ; 

He  remembereth  |  that  :=  |  we  are  |  dust. 

As  for  man,  his  days  |  are  as  ]  grass : 
As  a  flower  of  the  |  field  =  [  sohe  [  flourisheth, 


82?  CHANTS. 

For  the  wind  passeth  over  it,  and  |  it  is  ?  gone; 
And  the  place  thereof  shall  |  know  =  [  it  no  | 
more. 
But  the  mercy  of  the  Lord  is  from  everlasting  fe 
everla-sting  upon  them  that  |  fear  =  |  Him, 
And  His  righteousness  unto  |  children's  |  chil- 
li I  dren. 
To  such  as  |  keep  His  |  covenant, 

And  to  those  that  remember  His  com-  |  mand* 
=  I  ments  to  |  do  them. 

IV. 

The   Lord  hath  prepared  His  throne  |  in  the  j 
heavens ; 
And  His  Kingdom  |  ruleth  |  over  ]  all. 
Bless  the  Lord,  ye  His  angels,  that  ex-  |  eel  in  | 
strength, 
That  do  His  commandments,  hearkening  unto 
the  I  voice  =  |  of  His  |  word. 
Bless  ye  the  Lord,  all  |  ye  His  |  hosts : 

Ye  ministers  of  j  His,  that  |  do  His  |  pleasure. 
Bless  the  Lord,  all  His  works,  in  all  places  of  j 
His  do-  }  minion. 
Bless  the  [  Lord  =  ]  0  my  |  souL 

Ulory  be  to  the  Father,  ]  and  to  the  [  Sen, 

And  I  to  the  ]  Holy  j  Ghost; 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  j  btbt 
shall  I  be, 

World  without  j  end.  =  j  A-  =  1  men. 


MISERERE     MEI     DEUS     CHANT.       329 
25.         MISERERE  MEI  DEUS.    (PSALM  LI.) 


HAVE  mercy  upon  me,  |  0  =  |  God, 
According  to  |  Thy  =  |  loving  |  kindnesB. 

According  unto  the  multitude  of  Thy  |  tender  | 
mercies. 
Blot  I  out  =  I  my  trans-  |  gressions. 

Wash  me  thoroughly  |  from  mine  |  iniquity, 
And  I  cleanse  me  |  from  my  |  sin. 

For  T  acknowledge  |  my  trans-  |  gressions: 
And  my  sin  is  |  ever  be-  |  fore  =  |  me. 

Against  Thee,  Thee  only,  have  I  sinned,  and  don« 
this  evil  |  in  Thy  |  sight: 
That  Thou   mightest  be  justified  when  Thoa 
speakest,  and  be  |  clear  when  |  Thou  judg-  ) 
est. 

Behold,  I  was  ]  shapen  in  |  iniquity; 
Aad  in  sin  did  my  I  mother  con-  |  ceive  =  1  me. 


330  CHANTS. 

Behold,    Thou   desirest  truth  in   the  \  in-ward  j 
parts: 
And  in  the  hidden  part  Thou  shalt  j  make  me  | 
to  know  I  wisdom. 
Purge  me  with  hyssop,  and  I  |  shall  be  |  clean; 
Wash  me,  and  I  shall  be  |  whi-  =  |  ter  than  | 
snow. 
?.Jake  me  to  hear  |  joy  and  |  gladness; 
That  the  bones  which  Thou  hast  |  broken  ]  maj 
re-  I  joice. 
Hide  Thy  face  |  from  my  |  sins. 

And  blot  I  out  all  |  mine  in-  |  iquities. 

Create  in  me  a  clean  |  heart,  0  |  God : 

And  renew  a  right  |  spirit  with-  |  in  =  |  me. 

Cast  me  not  away  |  from  Thy  |  presence; 
And  take  not  Thy  [  Holy  |  Spirit  |  from  me. 

Restore  unto  me  the  joy  of  |  Thy  sal-  |  vation: 
And  uphold  me  |  with  Thy  |  free  ■^=  \  Spirit. 

Then  will  I  teach  transgressors  |  Thy  =  |  ways ; 
And  sinners  shall  be  con-  |  verted  |  unto  |  Thee. 

Deliver  me  from  blood-guiltiness,  0  God,  Thou 
God  of  (  my  sal-  |  vation : 
And  my  tongue  shall   sing  aloud  )  of  Thy  | 
righteous-  |  ness. 

0  Lord,  open  |  Thou  my  |  lips, 

A  nd  my  mouth  shall  |  shew  forth  j  Thy  =  \ 
praise. 

For  Thou  desirest  not  sacrifice  :  else  J  would  I  | 
give  it: 
Thou  delightest  ]  not  in  |  burnt  =  \  offering. 

The  sacrifices  of  God  are  a  |  broken  |  spirit: 
A  broken  and  a  contrite  heart,  0  God,  |  Thoa 
wilt  I  not  de-  |  spise. 


MISERERE     MEI     DEUS     C  H  A  J^  T .         3S1 

Do  good  in  Thy  good  pleasure  [  unto  |  Zion.: 
Build  Thou  the  walls  |  of  Je-  ]  rusa-  |  lem. 

Then  shalt  Thou  be  pleased  with  the  sacrifices 
of  righteousness,  with  burnt  offering  and  | 
whole  burnt  |  offering; 
Then  shall  they  offer  bullocks  j  upon  |  Thine 
=  J  altar. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  I  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost; 
As  it  was  iu  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  j  ever 
shall  1  be. 

World  without  1  end   =  j  A-  =  |  men. 


26.  SONG  OF  SIMEON. 

LORD,  now  lettest  Thou  Thy  servant  de- 1  part 
in  [  peace, 
Ac-  I  cording  |  to  Thy  |  word. 
For  I  mine  =  j  eyes 

Have  1  seen  =  |  Thy  sal-  |  vation; 

Which  Thou  |  hast  pre-  |  pared 

Before  the  |  face  of  |  all  =  |  people: 

A  light  to  I  lighten  the  |  Gentiles, 
And  the  glory  |  of  Thy  |  people  |  Israel. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost: 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,   and  I  eTef 
shall  I  be, 

World  without  I  end.  =:  I  A-  =  I  men. 


332  CHANTS. 

27.  ISAIAH  LnL 

HE  was  "wounded  for  [  our  trans-  |  gressiona ; 
He  "was  [  bruised  for  |  our  in-  |  iquities. 
The  chastisement  of  our  peace  |  "was  upon  j  Him, 

And  "with  His  |  stripes  =  |  "we  are  |  healed. 
All  "we  like  sheep  have  |  gone  a-  |  stray ; 

We  have  turned  every  ]  one  to  |  his  own  \  ^ay ; 
And  the  Lord  hath  |  laid  on  |  Him 

The  in-  |  iquity  |  of  us  |  all. 
He  "Was  oppressed,  and  He  |  "was  af-  ]  flicted, 

Yet  He  |  opened  |  not  His  I  mouth. 
He  is  brought  as  a  lamb  to  the  slaughter,  and  as 
a  sheep  before  her  |  shearers  is  |  dumb, 
So  He  I  opened  |  not  His  |  mouth. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  I  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  (ihost: 
AlB  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  (  erei 
shall  I  be, 

World  without  |  end.  =  |  A-  = 


COME    TO     ME"     CHANT. 


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28.  "COME  TO  ME." 

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Wm.  B.  Bradbury. 


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WITH  tearful  eyes  I  look  around. 
Life  seems  a  dark  and  |  stormy  |  sea ; 
Yet,  'midst  the  gloom,  I  hear  a  sound, 

A  heavenly  [  whisper,  |  **  Come  to  [  me." 
It  tells  me  of  a  place  of  rest  — 

It  tells  me  wliere  my  |  soul  may  |  flee; 
Oh  I  to  the  weary,  faint,  oppressed, 

How  sweet  the  |  bidding,  |  '*  Come  to  |  me. 
AVhen  nature  shudders,  loth  to  part 

From  all  I  love,  en-  j  joy,  and  |  see ; 
When  a  faint  chill  steals  o'er  my  heart, 

A  sweet  voice  |  utters,  |  "Come  to  |  me." 
Come,  for  all  else  must  fail  and  die, 

Earth  is  no  resting-  |  place  for  |  thee ; 
Heavenward  direct  thy  weeping  eye, 

I  am  thy  |  portion,  |  "Come  to  |  me." 
0  voice  of  mercy!  voice  of  love! 

In  death's  last  fearful  |  ago-  |  ny, 
Support  me,  cheer  me  from  above! 

And  gently  |  whisper,  |  "Come  to  \  me.** 

To  God  the  Father,  God  the  Son, 
And  God  the  Spirit,  |  Three  in  |  One, 
Be  honor,  praise,  and  glory  given. 
By  all  on  |  earth  and  |  all  in  {  heavea. 


334  CHANTS. 

29.  GETHSEMANE. 

WHE^^  Tfeary  on  life's  rugged  way 
I  seek  for  rest,  0  [  Christ,  in  |  Thee ; 
Near  me,  methinks  I  hear  Thee  pray, 
As  once  in  |  lone  Geth-  |  sema-  |  ne. 

Turning  aside,  I  draw  more  near, 

And  hear  Thee  whisper,  |  "Come  to  |  me;" 

I  know  Thy  voice  —  I  join  Thy  prayer! 
How  blest  is  |  this  Geth-  |  sema-  |  ne. 

0,  whilst  I  pray,  worship,   adore, 

And  hopeful  draw  more  |  near  to  |  Thee; 

Then  Thy  best  love  steals  sweetly  o'er 
My  heart,  in  |  lone  Geth-  |  sema-  |  ne. 

Charmed  on  this  consecrated  ground, 
Sweet  rest  this  spot  af-  |  fords  to  |  me ; 

And  heavenly  peac6  breathes  softly  round, 
In  thy  blessed  |  shades,  Geth-  1  sema-  |  ue 

All  worldly  cares  I  here  forget, 
He  bids  all  sin  and  |  sorrow  |  flee, 

While  in  the  shade  of  Olivet, 

I  pray  in  |  lone  Geth-  |  sema-  |  ne. 

Thy  bloody  sweat,  0  Christ,  Thy  woes. 
Thine  anguish,   and  Thine  |  ago-  |  ny, 

Give  my  sad  heart  its  best  repose, 
When  praying  \  in  Geth-  |  sema-  [  ne. 

In  covert  here,  how  sweet  to  rest 
In  sympathy,  0  |  Christ,  with  |  Thee; 

Here  would  I  worship,  here  be  blessed 
Forever  ]  in  Geth-  |  sema-  |  ne. 

Praise  God,  from  whom  all  blessings  flow. 
Praise  Him  all  creatures  |  here  be-  |  low; 
Praise  Him  above,  ye  heavenly  host. 
Praise  Father,  |  Son,  and  1  Huly  |  Ghost. 


COME   TO   mb"   chant.         335 


30.  FUNERAL  CHANT 

I  AM  the  resurrection  and  the  life,  |  saith  the  | 
Lord ; 
He  that  believeth  in  me,  though  he* were  ] 
dead,  yet  |  shall  he  |  live. 

And  whosoever  |  liv-  =  |  eth. 
And  believeth  in  |  me,  shall  |  never  |  die. 

None  of  us  liveth  to  himself,  and  no  man  dieth 
I  to  him-  I  self: 
For  whether  we  live,  we  live  unto  the  Lord,  and 
whether  we  die,  we  |  dieun-  |  to  the  |  Lord: 

Wietherwe  live  therefore  or  die,  we  |  are  the  | 
Lord's  ; 
For  to  this  end  Christ  both  died  and  rose,  and 
revived,  that   he  might  be  Lord  ]  both  of 
the  I  dead  and  |  living. 

A.ud  now  is  Christ  risen  |  from  the  |  dead, 
And  become  the  first  )  fruits  of  |  them  that  i 
slept. 

0  death,  where  |  is  thy  |  sting? 

0  grave,  where  |  is  thy  |  victo-  j  ry? 

Thanks  be  to  God,  which  giveth  |  us  the  |  vio- 
tory 
Through  our  Lord  |  Jesus  |  Christ!  A-  |  men. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost ; 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  )  eTer 
shall  I  be. 

World  without  I  end  =  I  A-  =  I  men. 


336  C  F  A  N  T  8 . 

31.  PSALM  Lxvn. 

GOD  be  merciful  unto  |  us,  and  |  bless  ua; 
And    cause    His   |   face    to  |  shine    up-  j 
on  us. 
That  Thy  way  may  be  J  known  upon  |  earth. 
Thy  paving  |  health  a-  |  mong  all  |  nations. 
Let  th-e  people  praise  |  Thee,  0  |  God; 

Let  I  all  the  |  people  |  praise  Thee. 
0  let  the  nations  be  glad,  and  |  sing  for  |  joy  : 
For  Thou  shalt  judge  the  people  righteously, 
and  govern  the  |  nations  |  upon  |  earth. 
Let  the  people  praise  |  Thee,  0  |  God; 
Let  I  all  the  |  people  |  praise  Thee. 
Then  shall  the  earth  |  yield  her  |  increase ; 
And  God,  even  our  own  j  God  =  |  shall  =  j 
bless  us. 
God  I  shall  ^=  I  bless  us ; 

And  all  the  ends  of  the  }  earth  shall  |  fear  =  | 
Him, 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost; 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  j  evif 
shall  I  be. 

World  without  |  end,  =  j  A-  =  j  men. 

32.  PSALM  CXXL 

I  WILL  lift  up  mine  eyes  unto  the  hills, 
From  whence  |  cometh  my  |  help. 
M;'  help  cometh  from  the  Lord, 

Which  I  made  =  |  heaven  and  |  earth. 
He  will  not  suffer  ihy  foot  to  be  moved: 

He  that  keepeth  thee  ]  will  not  |  slumbtl 
Behold,  He  that  keepeth  Israel  shall 
Neither  |  slumber  j  nor  =  |  sleep. 


"come  to   me"   chant.        33' 

The  Lord  is  thy  keeper:  the  Lord  is  thj  shade 

Upon  I  thy  right  |  haud. 
The  sun  shall  not  smite  thee  by  day,  | 

Nor  the  |  moon  by  |  night. 

The  Lord  shall  preserve  thee  from  all  evil: 

He  shall  pre-  |  serve  thy  |  soul. 
The  Lord  shall  preserve  thy  going  out  and  thy 

Coming  in   from  this   time    forth,   and  |  even 
for  I  ever-  |  more. 

(Jlory  be  to  the  Father,  |  and  to  the  |  Son, 

And  I  to  the  |  Holy  |  Ghost; 
As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  nov^,  and  |  evei 
shall  I  le, 

World  without  |  end.  =  |  A-  =  |  men. 

33.  A  PRAYER. 

0  blessed  Redeemer,  I  *ve  |  trusted  in  |  Thee, 
0  Saviour,  my  |  Jesus,  now  |  liberate  |  me ! 
In  horrible  prison; 
And  gloom,  have  arisen 
Afy  sighs.  Oh  my  Jesus,  in-  |  cessant  to  |  Thee  1 
But  oh,   on  my  sorrow. 
Has  brightened  no  morrow, 
Yet  bear  me,  my  |  Jesus,  and  |  liberate  |  me! 

0  blessed  Redeemer,  I've  |  trusted  in  |  Thee, 
And  still  will  I  trust  |  Thee,  to  |  liberate  |  me  I 
And  so,  while  I  languish, 
I  cry  in  my  anguish. 
Adoring,  imploring,   and  |  bending  the  |  knee; 
In  sorrow  and  tremor, 
0  blessed  Redeemer, 
Smile  on  mefi-om  |  heaven,  and  |  liberate  I  me  J 
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338 


CHANTS. 


34.  "NEARER,  MY  GOD,  TO  THEE." 

(From  the  *^  Oriole,"  by  permission.) 

Wm.  B.  Bradbury. 


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NEARER,   mj'  God,   to  Thee, 
Thee! 


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E'en  though  it  be  a  cross  that  J  raiseth  1  me : 

Still  all  my  |  song  shall  |  be,  | 

Nearer,  my  |  God,  to  |  Thee  )  — nearer  to  |  Thee! 

Though,    like   a   wanderer,  the   |   sun    gone   | 

down, 
Darkness  comes  over  me,  my  |  rest  a  |  stone: 
Yet  in  my  |  dreams  I  'd  |  be  | 
Nearer,  my  |  God,  to  1  Thee  |  — nearer  to  |  Thee. 

There  let  my  way  nppear  |  steps  into  )  heaven; 
All  that  Thou  sendest  me,  in  |  mercy  |  given; 
.Angels  to  |  beckon  |  me  | 
Nearer,  my  |  God,  to  |  Thee  \  —nearer  to  j  Thee. 


"nearer  to  thee''  chant.    339 

Then,  with  my  waking  thoughts,  |  bright  with 

Thy  I  praise, 
Out  of  iny  stony  griefs,  |  Bethel  I  '11  |  raise ; 
So  by  my  |  woes  to  |  be  | 
Nearer,  my  |  God,  to  |  Thee  |  — nearer  to  |  Thee 

And  when  on  joyful  wing,  [  cleaving  the  |  sky, 
Sun,  moon,  and  stars  forgot,  |  upward  I  |  tiy ; 
Still  all  my  j  song  shall  |  be,  | 
Nearer,  my  |  God,  to  j  Thee  |  —  nearer  to  |  The«k 


340 


CHANTS. 


35. 


THE  CHILD  AND  THE  ANGELS.*      C.  M. 


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A  -  men. 


THE  Sabbath  sun  was  setting  slow, 
Amidst  the  |  clouds  of  |  even: 
*'Our  Father,"  breathed  a  voice  belovr, 
"  Father,   who  |  art  in  |  heaven." 
Beyond  the  earth,   beyond  the  cloud, 
Those  infant  \  words  were  \  given, 
««  Our  Father,^''  angels  sang  aloud, 
*^  Fa-  I  ther,  who  \  art  in  \  heaven.^* 

"  Thy  kingdom  come,'*  still  from  the  ground^ 
That  child-like  |  voice  did  |  pray: 

*'  IViy  kingdom  come,'^   God's  host  resound, 
Far  to  the  \  starry  \  way. 


•  The  words  in  Koman  letters  should  be  chanted  in  solo, 
quartette,  or  semi-chorus;  or  piano,  if  by  full  chorus.  Th« 
words  in  italics  should  be  "banted  in  full  chorus,  forte. 
The  Amen  to  be  used  only  at  the  close. 


CHILD     AND     ANGELS     CHANT.       341 

**  Thy  will  be  done,"  with  little  tonpjue, 
That  lisping  |  love  ira-  |  plores: 

•'  Thy  will  be  done,^^  the  angelic  throng 
Sing  I  from  se-  |  raphic  \  shores. 

*' Forever,"  still  those  lips  repeat 

Their  closing  evening  prayer; 
**  Forever,^'  floats  in  music  sweet, 

High  'midst  the  \  angels  |  there! 
**  Thine  be  the  glory,   ever  more,'-' 

From   Thee  may  \  man  ;je'«r  |  sevttf 
But  every   Christian  land  adore 

Jtr  I  hovah,  1  God^  for-  \  «^«•. 


INDEX  OF  FIRST  LINES. 


Abide  among  us  with  Thy  grace hymn  39 

A  charge  to  keep  I  have 128 

Alas!  and  did  my  Saviour  bleed 65 

Alas!  what  hourly  dangers  rise 56 

Almighty  God,  while  earth  and  hoaven 163 

All  hail !  the  power  of  Jesus' name 91 

Am  I  a  soldier  of  the  cross 20 

Angels!  roll  the  rock  away 104 

Asleep  in  Jesus  !  blessed  sleep „,..  85 

Awake,  and  sing  the  song 158 

Before  Jehovah's  awful  throne 5 

Behold  the  expected  time  draw  near 34 

Behold  what  wondrous  grace 51 

Behold  the  sin-atoning  Lamb 80 

Behold  the  Saviour  of  mankind 82 

Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds 59 

Blet^t  Jesus,  Shepherd,  I  Thy  lamb 94 

Blessed  Jesus  !  when  my  soaring  thoughts 161 

Blessed  morning  whose  young  dawning  rays....  88 

Bread  of  heaven,  on  Thee  we  feed 183 

Beyond  the  glittering  starry  skies 106 

Children  of  the  heavenly  King 168 

Come,  gracious  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove 108 

Come,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove 109 

Come,  Holy  Ghost,  descend  from  high 150 

(/'ome,  Holy  Spirit,  come, 153 

Come  let  us  join  our  cheerful  songs 121 

Come,  dearest  Lord,  and  bless  this  day 209 

Dear  refuge  of  my  weary  soul 69 

Dearest  of  all  the  names  above 160 

Did  Christ  o'er  sinners  weep 139 

Diseases  are  Thy  servants,  Lord 207 

Dismiss  us  with  Thy  blessing,  Lord 214 

(343) 


1544  INDEX     OP     FIRST    LINES. 

Early,  my  God,  without  delay ]36 

Eternal  Spirit,  we  confess. 110 

Exalted  high,  at  God's  right  hand 180 

Father  of  mercies  !  send  Thy  grace 58 

Father!  whate'er  of  earthly  bliss 131 

Firm  as  the  earth  Thy  gospel  stands.. 131 

Forever  with  the  Lord.  18.3 

From  iill  that  dwell  below  the  skiea  4.2 

From  Greenland's  icy  mountains 35 

Qdntle  Jesus,  meek  and  mild 216 

Give  me  a  sober  mind 171 

Glory  to  God  on  high  proclaim 98 

Glory  be  to  God  the  Father 114 

Glory  to  Thee,  my  God,  this  night 193 

God,  my  supporter  and  my  hope 73 

(lod  of  my  life,  my  morning  song 199 

God,  most  mighty,  sovereign  Lord 203 

God  bless  our  native  land 204 

Great  God,  we  sing  that  mighty  hand 29 

Great  God  !  how  infinite  art  Thou 30 

Great  is  the  Lord,  our  God 48 

Guide  me.  0  Thou  great  Jehovah 57 

Great  God,  now  condescend 147 

Great  Saviour,  who  didst  condescend 148 

Hail,  Jesus!  Israel's  Hope  and  Light 1 

Hail  the  blest  morn  !  when  the  Great  Mediator..  Ifi 

Hail  the  day  that  saw  him  rise 99 

Hark  the  glad  sound,  the  Saviour  comes  8 

Hark!  what  mean  those  holy  voices » 15 

Hark!  the  herald  angels  sing 19 

Hark!  the  herald  angels  say - 90 

He  li\  es,  the  great  Redeemer  lives 93 

Hear  what  the  voice  from  heaven  proclaims 179 

Holy,  holy,  holy,  cry 115 

Holy  and  reverend  is  the  name 152 

Hosanna  to  the  royal  son 37 

Hosanna  to  King  David's  son 77 


INDEX    OF    FIRST     LINES.  345 

Rosanna  to  the  Prince  of  light 170 

How  sweet  the  name  of  Jesus  sounds 2^ 

How  charming  is  the  place 49 

How  did  my  heart  rejoice  to  hear 126 

How  beauteous  are  their  feet 127 

How  great  Thj'  m-ercies.  Lord , J5l 

How  shall  the  j;oung  secure  their  hearts 161 

How  ofr,  alas  !  this  wretched  heart 62 

Hush,  my  dear,  lie  still  and  slumber 217 

If  Christ  is  mine,  then  all  is  mine 102 

I  love  Thy  kingdom,  Lord 125 

T  love  to  steal  awhile  away 194 

I'm  not  ashamed  to  own  my  Lord 142 

In  the  name  of  God  the  Father 212 

I  saw  one  hanging  on  a  tree 144 

[  send  the  joys  of  earth  away .'. 116 

Jerusalem,  my  happy  home 124 

Jesus  Christ  has  lived  and  died 176 

Jesus,  Holy  Child  from  heaven 23 

Jesus,  I  see  a  thousand  charms  27 

Jesus,  I  live  to  Thee 130 

Jesus,  I  love  Thy  charming  name 177 

Jesus!  lover  of  my  sou! 75 

Jesus,  most  merciful  and  kind 101 

Jesus,  my  Shepherd,  let  me  share 141 

Jesus  shall  reign  where'er  the  sun 33 

Je3us,  the  very  thought  of  Thee 39 

Jesus,  the  spring  of  joys  divine 96 

Jesus,  the  ancient  faith  confirms 149 

Jesus,  Thy  boundless  love  to  me 60 

Jesus,  Thy  blood  and  righteousness 78 

Jesus,  to  Thy  cross  I  hasten 70 

Jesus,  tender  Shepherd,  hear  us 192 

Jesus,  we  sing  the  matchless  grace 159 

Jesus,  we  Thy  covenant  children 129 

Jesus,  with  all  Thy  Saints  above 26 

Joy  to  the  world;  the  Lord  is  come 2 


348  INDEX    OF    FIRST     LINES. 

Lot  children  hear  the  mighty  deeds 41 

Lee  love  through  all  our  actions  run 118 

Let  saints  below  in  concert  sing 157 

Like  Noah's  weary  dove 174 

Lo  !  He  comes  with  clouds  descending 181 

Lord,  dismiss  us  with  Thy  blessing 215 

liOrd,  I  have  made  Thy  word  my  choice 165 

Lord.  I  am  Thine,  entirely  Thine IflO 

Lord,  I  am  vile,  conceiv'd  in  sin 65 

Lord,  'tis  a  pleasant  thing  to  stand 47 

Love  divine,  all  love  excelling 22 

Majestic  sweetness  sits  enthroned 40 

Many  woes  had  Christ  endured 84 

Mortals,  awake,  with  angels  join 1.3 

My  country!  'tis  of  th'ee 2flij 

My  dear  Redeemer  and  my  Lord 145 

My  faith  looks  up  to  Thee 122 

My  Father's  house  on  high 184 

My  God,  how  endless  is  Thy  love 201 

My  God,  my  life,  my  love 155 

My  God,  my  portion,  and  my  love 119 

My  God,  permit  my  tongue 45 

My  God,  the  covenant  of  Thy  love 146 

My  Saviour,  my  Almighty  Friend 135 

My  soul  lies  cleaving  to  the  dust 167 

My  soul  doth  magnify  the  Lord 24 

My  soul  repeat  His  praise «       7 

Not  all  the  blood  of  beasts 74 

Not  to  the  terrors  of  the  Lord 166 

Now  from  the  altar  of  our  hearts 196 

Now  lettest  Thou,  with  sweet  release 31 

N-Jw  the  dreary  night  is  done 202 

0  for  a  thousand  tongues  to  sing 11 

0  for  a  sweet  inspiring  ray 185 

0  for  a  heart  to  praise  my  God 143 

OGod!  our  help  in  ages  part 133 

0  God  I  we  praise  Thee  and  adorz 112 


INDEX    OF    FIRST     LINES.         347 

0  gracious  Lord,  Thoa  Source  divine 117 

0  happy  day  that  stays  my  choice 191 

0  holy,  holy,  holy  Lord 113 

0  Jesus!  Thou  the  glory  art 72 

0  love  divine,  how  sweet  thou  art 21 

0  my  sweet  home,  Jerusalem 97 

0  mother  dear,  Jerusalem 176 

On  Tabor's  top  the  Saviour  stands 50 

On  Jordan's  stormy  banks  I  stand 154 

0  Sacred  Head  now  wounded 83 

0  Spirit  of  the  living  God  ^ Ill 

0  Thou  from  whom  all  goodness  flows 64 

0  Thou  that  hear'st  when  sinners  cry 68 

0  Thou  Majesty  Divine 79 

Our  heavenly  Father  calls 103 

Our  Lord  is  risen  from  the  dead 105 

0  where  shall  rest  be  found 100 

Paschal  Lamb,  by  God  appointed 172 

Prostrate,  dear  Jesus,  at  Thy  feet 64 

Ride  on,  ride  on  in  majesty 7fl 

Rock  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me 66 

Saviour,  ere  in  sweet  repose 195 

Saviour,  when  in  dust  to  Thee 53 

Safely  through  another  week 210 

Salvation.  0,  the  joyful  sound 13 

See,  gracious  God,  before  Thy  throne 208 

See  how  the  rising  sun 200 

Si::ne  on  our  souls,  eternal  God 138 

Shine  on  our  land,  Jehovah,  shine 44 

Shout,  for  the  blessed  Jesus  reigns 46 

Show  pity,  Lord,  0  Lord,  forgive 63 

Sing  to  the  Lord,  ye  distant  lands 3 

Softly  now  the  light  of  day 198 

That  awful  day  will  surely  come .....  ...       6 

The  day  of  wrath,  that  dreadful  day 178 

The  day  is  past  and  gone 197 


348  INDEX    OF    7IBST    LINES. 

The  Lord  descended  from  aboTe bi 

The  Lord  of  life  is  risen 86 

The  Lord  of  glory  is  my  light 95 

The  Lord  is  risen,  indeed 8T 

The  Lord  is  come;  the  heavens  proclaim 32 

The  Saviour!  0  what  endless  charms 14 

There  is  a  fountain  fiU'd  with  blood 71 

There  is  an  hour  of  peaceful  rest 173 

There  is  a  happy  land 188 

Thine  earthly  sabbaths,  Lord,  wo  love 211 

Thou  art  my  portion,  0  my  God 162 

Thou  art  the  way  —  to  Thee  alone 36 

Thou  loving  Saviour  of  mankind 61 

'T  is  midnight  —  and  on  Olive's  brow 81 

Thy  presence,  gracious  God,  aflford 21C 

To  Christ,  the  Prince  of  Peace 140 

To  God,  the  only  wise 43 

To  Him  who  ch'ildren  blest 28 

Triumphant,  Christ  ascends  on  high 107 

'T  was  on  that  dark,  that  dreadful  night 181 

Upward  I  lift  mine  eyes 16* 

\7atchman  !  tell  us  of  the  night 9 

Welcome,  welcome,  dear  Redeemer 10 

Welcome,  sweet  day  of  rest 20S 

What  shall  I  render  to  my  God 1.S7 

When  Thou,  my  righteous  Judge,  shalt  come....   182 

When  marshalled  on  the  nightly  plain 17 

When  I  can  read  my  title  clear.^ ft7 

When  along  life's  thorny  road 92 

When  overwhelmed  with  grief. 123 

When  we  devote  our  youth  to  God 120 

While  shepherds  watched  their  flocks  by  night...     18 

Whilst  Thee  I  seek,  protecting  Power 132 

Why  should  the  children  of  a  king 156 

Witness,  ye  men  and  angels,  now 189 

Ye  saints,  proclaim  abroad 4 

YeB,  the  Redeemer  rose 8f 


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